It's Coming: The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009
by Eric Simon on Jan 26, 2009 12:57 PM EST
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The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009 is on its way. Scheduled for release on February 25, the THT preview is the companion volume to The Annual, and features previews, player comments and player projections for all 30 big league teams from some of the best team-specific baseball writers around. Also, me.
You can pre-order the THT preview via ACTA Sports. Here are samples of the team summary, hitter comments and pitcher comments. It's my first official published writing gig, and if you don't buy a copy my mom will be very sad.
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Congrats Eric
Did you write the player comments as well as the team summary?
by Sokojoe on Jan 26, 2009 1:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I did
Though I have to thank Alex Nelson (Blackfish) who bailed me out by writing profiles for scrubs like Tobi Stoner and Carlos Muniz at a point where I couldn’t bear to look at even one more player projection. His name won’t appear in the book but he deserves credit for helping maintain my sanity in those waning hours before the chapter was due.
by Eric Simon on Jan 26, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, disagree with Stoner being a scrub.
But general point understood.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by squid92 on Jan 26, 2009 11:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Self promotion!
Hell, ain’t nothin’ wrong with that! Do you happen to know if it mentions anything about the ongoing maple bat(s) situation?
" PLEASE! CHANGE THE PATCH! "
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 26, 2009 1:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I'll buy one, but only if
you move Rey Ordonez down 5 slots in your great mets list. And move Tobi Stoner up 3. 5 slots dammit, that ain’t much to ask!
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
by itsmetsforme on Jan 26, 2009 10:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, now I see it comes with a "World Champion Philadelphia Phillies team chapter"...
can we get it without that?
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
by itsmetsforme on Jan 26, 2009 10:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
probably not
but you can buy scissors at many stores
by JoshNY on Jan 27, 2009 12:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it'd be very satisfying to tear out that chapter.
Catharsis and all.
by BobbyV_Incognito on Jan 27, 2009 1:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
those scissors would forever be tainted and useless afterward.
" PLEASE! CHANGE THE PATCH! "
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 27, 2009 1:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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