Twenty-five years ago today, Robby Thompson of the San Francisco Giants, in a game against the Cincinnati Reds, had the worst day anyone’s ever had running the bases. The fun began in the fourth inning. Having already flown out in the first and connected for a sacrifice fly in the third, Thompson finally got on, […]

In a mostly selfish act, I decided to post this collection of Philip Humber charts. Why is this selfish? This will be easy to find here and refer to while at the game with some other Hardball Times folks. I just finished classifying his pitches so I can sound all smart and stuff at the […]

Time to rank the five most exciting games of the past week. date game stars 06-22 Athletics @ Mets *** box score 06-24 Reds @ Orioles ** box score 06-21 Rockies @ Indians ** box score 06-24 Nationals @ White Sox ** box score 06-22 Angels @ Marlins * box score The Athletics @ Mets […]

Giants 2, Twins 1: Welcome back to the land of the living, Tim Lincecum.  Timmy fans 12 and allows only three hits in seven shutout innings, notching his best start in over a month. No managers resigned after this game. Nationals 1, Mariners 0: Hit this one up yesterday, but the game itself got lost […]

Aren’t we talking about 2010 and 2011 being Years of Pitchers? I find this interesting for many reasons. {exp:list_maker}It would seem perfectly reasonable to argue that the effects of PEDs and greenies being out the game is hurting the batter. Perhaps the ball has changed slightly, giving the advantage to the pitcher. There has has […]

As Chris Jaffe has detailed, June 23 marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most remarkable days a major league pitcher has ever experienced. Over the weekend, I had the chance to talk to Rick Wise, who visited Cooperstown to participate in the Hall of Fame Classic. In addition to his 1971 masterpiece, the […]

When the Mets’ Justin Turner dug in as a Brad Ziegler pitch violated his personal space, the home town fans got to celebrate a 3-2 victory over the Oakland nine*. Since this happened in the media mecca that is New York, it was called unusual. * We can call them that, since they are playing […]

Yankees 4, Reds 2; Reds 10, Yankees 2: A twin bill thanks to Tuesday night’s rain. We start with the second one because that has the coolest thing in it: Chris Heisey hitting three homers and driving in five. Like a boss. New York takes the first one with an effective outing from Freddy Garcia […]

For fans in the Northeast who have been drenched by the spring rains, the weather turned ideal for last Sunday’s Hall of Fame Classic. A perfect day included sunny skies, 75-degree temperatures and low humidity. Along with organ music filling Doubleday field instead of blaring pop selections, and old-time players who actually wanted to be […]

Greetings from THT Forecasts! Today’s topics are Derek Jeter and long-term forecasting. In addition to forecasting the current season, THT Forecasts also provides six-year major-league equivalent forecasts that are presented on each player’s page. These long-term forecasts are available even for minor league guys — for example, future Anaheim centerfielder, Mike Trout, is projected to […]