Alas, the end of the regular season is upon us. Here are the top five most exciting games from the season’s (short) last week, as determined by Max Marchi’s methodology. date game stars 09-27 Reds @ Mets **** box score 09-28 Phillies @ Braves *** box score 09-25 Red Sox @ Yankees *** box score […]

Not satisfied with being humiliated just once, The Hardball Times staff has attempted to make playoff predictions, too. For the sake of brevity, I won’t subject every one of us to the embarrassment of having our picks laid out for the world to see (yet), but I will do a recap similar to Chris Jaffe’s […]

Forty years ago today, the Washington Senators came to an end. After 71 years and two franchises, they played their last game—and they really went out with a bang. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say the fans went out with a bang. The game took place in Washington, and the Senators rooters […]

As I was putting together my ballot for The Hardball Times postseason awards, I arrived at an intellectual impasse. The NL Cy Young Award has three very strong candidates, and while my instinct was to lean toward Clayton Kershaw, I was tempted to consult the numbers—not the cosmetic, mainstream stats, but the gold ol’ BABIPs, […]

Before the season began, we—the supposed baseball experts at THT—made our annual preseason predictions. Twenty-two different writers and thinkers made their (or I should say our, as I was one of them) best guesses as to how all six divisions would end up. We weren’t just looking at who would win, but the exact order […]

Can we breathe now? Look guys, you know what happened in these games, so forgive me if I’m light on the details. We have full breakdowns all over the place. I’m still in shock. Rays 8, Yankees 7: Evan Longoria. Dan Johnson. Oh my gods. Did that really happen? [checks] Yes. Yes, it did happen. […]

Was that the most stunning night of baseball ever, or what? A two-hit shutout by Chris Carpenter was the boring part as the Cards won, 8-0, and put the pressure on the Braves. Atlanta was looking good for six innings, building a 3-1 lead. But Philly crept within one in the seventh and plated the […]

70 years ago today, Ted Williams did it. He did what no one else has done in all the year since then – completed a season batting over .400. And he did it in especially dramatic fashion. Always a great hitter, Williams crossed the .400 barrier with a 4-for-5 performance on May 25, and aside […]

Red Sox 8, Orioles 7: It came down to the last at bat. An epic 10-pitch job to Adam Jones with a runner on second that I watched live even though I didn’t watch the whole game because, hell, how can you not?  Two homers for Ryan Lavarnway. In other news, who in the hell is […]

Orioles 6, Red Sox 3; Rays 5, Yankees 2:  Tied. The details sort of don’t matter anymore. All you need to know is that the City of Boston now has permission to vomit. Continuously. Through Wednesday. Phillies 4, Braves 2: The Braves are just a lousy team right now in every facet of the game. And […]