Chris discovers some of the interesting and unusual facts about the first and final games of MLB players.

A look at the ultimate crafty lefty.

With some help from the season simmer put together by SG of the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog, Chris tries to figure out who was the best team of the decade.

In honor of this week’s renewal of their rivalry, Chris presents the 10 greatest games with these games – all 15 of them. (And you probably thought a person had to be good at math to write for THT.)

A look back at the career of Robin Roberts.

Using one of the tools from his book, Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, Chris looks at a pair of mid-career gamers, and compares them against history.

Having a written the book Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, 1876-2008, Chris looks at what his Tendencies Database says about these two through 2009.

THT’s resident manager expert looks at what managers are on the brink of noteworthy achievements.

The best and worst of the starting staffs.

Let’s kick off THT’s annual preseason survey with a look at the South Side squad.