If there was any more evidence that the federal government’s steroids crackdown is driven primarily by headlines, look no further than this: Barely more than a week after Major League Baseball suspended Phillies reliever J.C. Romero for 50 games for using a banned substance, the laboratory that produced the nutritional supplement that the left-hander claimed […]

Trey Hillman is having a little get together/mini-camp at his Texas home next week: Hey, y’all, come on down to Liberty Hill, Texas. Set a spell. Chew the fat. Snag some worm-killers. Whack the ol’ horsehide. All you infielders, that is. Yep, Royals manager Trey Hillman is having most of his infielders down to his […]

When I joined up with THT, the bosses told me that I should probably avoid writing about religion. And they’re right, because there’s really nothing good that can come of the subject in an open forum, especially when we’re supposed to be talking about baseball. I will say, however — just in passing — that […]

Because of the innings pitched limit and the high value of saves in Rotohog’s format, it is absolutely essential to maximize the number of innings pitched that you get from closers.

David Appelman and his staff have been working hard at Fangraphs, and their new wOBA leaderboards provide state of the art offensive stats.

On Jan. 16, 1980 Albert Pujols was born. The greatness of “Prince Albert” is in no dispute—his second MVP attesting to the fact—but this week Richard looks back to see just how Pujols compares to great hitters of the past.

Andruw Jones is about to be released. I wouldn’t bet my belly button lint that the Braves won’t sign him to a veteran minimum deal within the next week or so.

The A’s and Nats are talking about Nick Johnson: The Nationals and Oakland Athletics, who discussed a potential trade for first baseman Nick Johnson all the way back in November, have revived those talks in recent weeks, according to a source familiar with the discussions. At one point last week, the source said, a deal […]

The economy may be stank on a stick, but the Twins are doing just fine, thank you: The Minnesota Twins are on pace to sell a franchise-record 11,000 season tickets for the 2009 season, up from about 10,000 last year. The team expects about 90 percent of last year’s season-ticket holders to renew — a […]

Scott Simkus has a piece up about Bill James, James’ website, and (a bit) about his upcoming book about crime. It ends in an interview of sorts. Based on the intro, you can tell it’s not your typical James profile: George William H. Bonney “Bill” James (born October 5, 1949) has been turning sabr-tricks since […]