A Hardball Times Update by Rachael McDaniel March 30, 2020 These are uncertain, frightening times we live in. Things that many of us have taken for granted have rapidly disappeared. Jobs, social connections, the activities that give our lives flavor and meaning — we have seen all of these, over a very short period of time, suddenly fade away or change drastically. The Hardball Times has been publishing since 2004. Many writers have started their careers here, had their work published and featured for the first time, and explored baseball topics they might not have been able to explore elsewhere. I include myself among this number. This place has meant a lot to a lot of people, and if it ever ceased to publish, I would only have imagined it doing so in order to re-emerge bigger and better. Unfortunately, we find ourselves in a situation where continuing to publish THT, at least for now, is impossible. The suspension of the baseball season, while undeniably the right thing to do for public health, has resulted in a significant decline in traffic to us, a baseball-related site. I hope that sometime in the not-so-distant future we’ll be able to return to publishing insightful, unique baseball commentary and analysis. At the moment, though, we have to close our virtual doors. In the meantime, you can still read all the work that has been published here over the years by your favorite baseball writers in our archives, and continue to support those writers in their other pursuits. You can continue to read the work published at FanGraphs, which will still be updating daily. And you can support the hard-working FanGraphs staff by purchasing a FanGraphs Membership. Baseball may seem like a trivial concern in times like these, but there are real people behind the statistics and analysis that has entertained and sometimes enraged you over the years. Your support has allowed the site to become what it is, and will allow it to continue to exist going forward. Above all, stay safe, stay connected to your loved ones, and be good to each other. We’ll see you again on the other side.