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Envisioning a bold new National League

posted by Russ, Jan 21, 2011

"There could be a thriving and astonishingly popular National League. The problem is, the three potential flagship teams—the Mets, the Cubs and the Dodgers—are all a mess right now. And baseball should be doing everything in its power to get those three clubs to thrive, be productive, to win and have star power."

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Analyzing the Orioles' Troubles

posted by ahoque24, Jun 15, 2010

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Hardball Times takes an interesting (and depressing) look at the problems plaguing the Orioles and, to some extent, how to solve them.

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Bernazard's Ridiculous "Oppo" Plan

James Kannengieser Mar 1 2010, 6:41p

Tony Bernazard's opposite field hitting philosophy hurt the Mets in 2009.

Sean Green's New Groove

James Kannengieser Feb 27 2010, 8:00a

Sean Green has a new sidearm delivery. Will it make him a better pitcher?

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In a great article in Hardball Times annual, Greg looks at the batted balls at the new Yankee...

posted by Matt Klaassen, Jan 06, 2010

In a great article in Hardball Times annual, Greg looks at the batted balls at the new Yankee Stadium and Citi. The interesting finding is that while Yankee Stadium turns long flyballs into HR, it also turns almost-long flyballs into outs. Citi field however turns almost-long flyballs into hits. So, this would be an example of where the HR park factor and the Runs park factor on non-HR are not directly related (either unrelated, or inversely-related).

— Tango on Greg Rybarczyk from Hit Tracker On-Line's Article in the 2010 Hardball Times Annual (which I still need to buy)

Ten Starting Pitchers Who Deserve Better ERAs

Sky Kalkman Beyond the Box Score May 14 2009, 12:50p

Which pitchers are most likely to see their ERAs drop during the rest of the 2009 baseball season? Beyond the Box Score takes a look.

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My most recent offering at The Hardball Times takes a look at the career values of Mike Piazza (all...

posted by Sky Kalkman, Mar 12, 2009

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My most recent offering at The Hardball Times takes a look at the career values of Mike Piazza (all hit), Ivan Rodriguez (all field), and Johnny Bench (a lot of each) -- good idea, Dan. To give away the punchline in the incessant Piazza vs. Bench debate, Piazza leads in career hitting RAA by 158 runs and Bench leads in career catcher defense RAA by 158 runs. All three have remarkably similar Hall of Fame cases based on Sean Smith's WAR calculations.

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Sloan Sports Conference

posted by afh4, Mar 09, 2009

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A nice grab-bag column from THT about the Sloan Sports Conference at MIT, a place where many of the best minds in analytics got together last weekend. All in all, a very worthwhile read.

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The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009

Eric Simon Mar 8 2009, 3:21p

A review of the Hardball Times Season Preview 2009.

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The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009

posted by Ryan, Feb 01, 2009

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It's that time of year - time for me to plug the Hardball Times Season Preview. You can find my essay and player comments inside, as well as contributions from the best of the baseball blogosphere. If you buy two baseball previews this year (hint, hint), let this be one of them!

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