I realize that I’d go to jail if I killed my parents, but do you think the judge would go easier on me if I told them I did it because they bought my three year-old son a drum set for Christmas? Treder and Namee complete their exploration of the alternate universe no-Frazee Boston Red […]

Because I’m a terrible procrastinator, I’ve come dangerously close to blowing the deadlines for two non-blog writing projects. As such, today will be a bit slower than usual as I scramble to whip rough drafts into publishing shape. I’ll be around, though, so if the questionable Manny Ramirez rumor turns out to be true and […]

It’s so cold outside that if the thermometer were any longer we’d all freeze to death. So why don’t you stay inside, mix your favorite beverage, and warm yourself with some fresh, hot baseball: Chris Jaffe examines why everybody seems to hate Steve Garvey. Garvey-hate is an occasionally funny baseball-on-the-Internet meme, but I have to […]

In the past 24 hours or so, I’ve noticed some annoying little bouncy ball ad on the page asking me to click through and take a survey. I hope it’s some problem I alone am having, but if not, please know that THT is not responsible for it and the guys down in the engine […]

You know what happiness is? Happiness is having your mother-in-law AND your brother staying with you for a week. Yep it’s a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency in the Calcaterra house. But we’re gonna press on, and we’re gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny effing Kaye. Big Bad Don […]

Sorry for the late start today, but I was up late last night watching a fantastic movie. And it wasn’t just entertaining. I learned something to keep in mind when conducting research: When you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the world, […]

Sabermetricians! Whoa. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of Whiteyball, Dude, at least it’s an ethos. Adam Guttridge, a fellow who has worked in Major League Baseball and would like to again, writes of his experiences looking for a baseball job in Las Vegas last week, and titles the article “Three Things […]

As I noted this morning, THT’s Fantasy Focus has enabled comments. I think this is a good thing in that, as I’ve said before, blogs are about conversations, and comments make the blogger-reader communication a genuine two-way street. I encourage you all to comment on the stuff you read wherever you read it, because the […]

Columbus like a Christmas tree, Tonight this city belongs to me. Josh Kalk looks at what happens to Ben Sheets when he pitches while injured. Your guess as to where Kalk got the data of a non-injured Sheets pitching is as good as mine. Treder and Namee continue their series on what the 1916-1925 Red […]

I’m going to intrude on Barbieri’s turf for a moment and note that, on this day in 1974, arbitrator Peter Seitz rules that the Oakland Athletics breached the contract of pitcher Jim “Catfish” Hunter by failing to buy a required insurance policy. As a result, Hunter was released from his contract, allowing him to become […]