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Roster Doctor - 7/2/09
July 02, 2009 by
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Let's see who the Doctor examined today...Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Stacking the middle
July 02, 2009 by
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A different way to look at that old baseball saw about strength up the middle winning championships.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
TUCK! sez: Tony’s true tweet
July 02, 2009 by
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TUCK! toons every Thursday!Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Looking back at Satchel Paige
July 02, 2009 by
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Reviewing a new, and long overdue, book about the extraordinary Satchel Paige.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
THT Daily: A Saves Milestone
July 01, 2009 by
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No, Not Rivera. Jonathan Papelbon becomes Boston's All-Time Saves leader.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
How reliable is UZR?
July 01, 2009 by
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Ultimate Zone Rating is now everyone's favorite defensive stat on the Internet. But how reliable is it?
Let's define reliable as year to year persistance. It's not the only definition, but it'll do. We'll measure it using weighted correlation coefficient. And for...
Just shut him down now
July 01, 2009 by
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Grady Sizemore's gonna need surgery:
Indians All-Star center fielder Grady Sizemore will likely undergo postseason surgery on his inflamed left elbow, trainer Lonnie Soloff said Tuesday.
Soloff said "there's a high index of suspicion" that Sizemore will need an...
Just shut him down now
July 01, 2009 by
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Grady Sizemore's gonna need surgery:
Indians All-Star center fielder Grady Sizemore will likely undergo postseason surgery on his inflamed left elbow, trainer Lonnie Soloff said Tuesday.
Soloff said "there's a high index of suspicion" that Sizemore will need an...
Mariano the Tiger
July 01, 2009 by
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Inspired by my post about Mariano's potential trade to the Tigers, Grand Cards investigates exactly what such a thing would have meant:
Let's say that trade goes through and Rivera becomes a Tiger in 1995. Other than altering the course of NY Yankees history, what does it...
My Morning in Exile
July 01, 2009 by
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Signs you blog too much: you get angrier at a sluggish Internet connection than you would at, say, a punch in the face or an insult of your mother or something. "I only have SEVEN Firefox windows open!!! Why won't this page load faster!!!"
No one wants to play for Ozzie...
Worst Monday: Week 4 results
July 01, 2009 by
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Capturing both absolute and relative suckiness.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Jack Clark taunts the Mets
July 01, 2009 by
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Baseball fans of a certain age (i.e. my age) will recall the Mets-Cardinals rivalry of the mid-to-late 1980s as just about the best in baseball. It's been a long time since then so you have to figure the bad blood has subsided. In the case of Jack Clark -- who was interviewed on...
New and improved IIATMS
July 01, 2009 by
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Longtime friend-of-the-blog Jason at IIATMS has new digs with a radically-different look, only a slightly different URL, and the same excellent content. The new site can be found here.
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And That Happened
July 01, 2009 by
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I have a book review and a brief due today, two opinions on pending legislation due tomorrow, and it's my 14th wedding anniversary. By all rights, I should have punted the box scores last night and tried to get a head start on some of that other stuff (and maybe taken some time...
Adrian takes a walk
July 01, 2009 by
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Adrian Gonzalez has done something this year that Ted Williams and Barry Bonds never did.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
THT Daily: HUGE comeback
June 30, 2009 by
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The Orioles score ten in their last two innings and stun the Red Sox.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Why I can’t stand Tony La Russa
June 30, 2009 by
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Buried in this story about Khalil Greene going back on the DL is this nugget:
The Cardinals purchased the contract of 24-year-old righty Clayton Mortensen from Triple-A Memphis. That move restores pitching staff to 13 after one day with a dozen following the acquisition of Mark DeRosa...
Why I can’t stand Tony La Russa
June 30, 2009 by
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Buried in this story about Khalil Greene going back on the DL is this nugget:
The Cardinals purchased the contract of 24-year-old righty Clayton Mortensen from Triple-A Memphis. That move restores the pitching staff to 13 after one day with a dozen following the acquisition of Mark...
Why I can’t stand Tony La Russa
June 30, 2009 by
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Buried in this story about Khalil Greene going back on the DL is this nugget:
The Cardinals purchased the contract of 24-year-old righty Clayton Mortensen from Triple-A Memphis. That move restores the pitching staff to 13 after one day with a dozen following the acquisition of Mark...
Faster than the speed of Wikipedia
June 30, 2009 by
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It's being reported that the Nats and Pirates are about to consummate a Nyjer Morgan for Lastings Milledge trade. Reader MooseInOhio emails to tell me that someone in Nyjer Morgan nation has already updated his Wikipedia page to reflect that the deal is done:
Nyjer Jamid Morgan...
Deep Thoughts
June 30, 2009 by
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The other gig gives me access to the AP and Getty photo wire, each of which contains thousands upon thousands of pictures. And I can pick anything I want. Without realizing it, however, I posted pictures of two mulleted pitchers today, and made specific mention of Tommy Hanson'...
Great Moments in Selection Bias
June 30, 2009 by
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Yesterday, the Chicago Tribune's Phil Rogers opined -- ridiculously, I noted -- that the Cubs should waive Carlos Zambrano. Tribune readers agree:
Your team wants Carlos Zambrano? Go ahead, take him.
That's what I proposed after Zambrano turned in another knuckleheaded performance...
My Morning in Exile
June 30, 2009 by
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In terms of posts it was a slow morning, but the morning itself was anything but slow. In the wake of that alleged list of the 2003 steroid test positives, I put on my reporter hat and actually called sources and cross checked and wrote stuff down and everything. That's hard work...
Worst Monday: Balloting open
June 30, 2009 by
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A burden shared is a burden halved.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Great Moments in Bloggy Ethics
June 30, 2009 by
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So, Marchman posts a link to a guy who claims to have a list of the 2003 drug test failures. Then Jay wonders whether Marchman posting the link is a hypocritical move based on stuff Marchman has said in the past about trafficking in this kind of stuff. I scanned through the list quickly...
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