Saturday morning FanGraphs held its first Live! event in New York City, and I had the honor of attending as the official THT delegate. Carson Cistulli has written his recap of the event and Mr. Studenmund has asked me to do the same here at THT. I really enjoyed the whole experience. I even took […]

It was the Little League World Series and his team had just lost the game. Instead of leaving the field with pride, because he was the only kid on his team to get a hit, he walked off uncertain of what he was capable of accomplishing. He had every right to be confident and cocky; […]

Blue Jays 1, Rays 0: A single by Evan Longoria with two outs in the ninth saved the Rays from being no-hit for the third time this year.  What can you say about Brandon Morrow? Seventeen Ks, a one-hitter and the highest game score by a pitcher since Randy Johnson’s perfect game back in 2004. […]

Duke’s Marcus Stroman may be small in size (5’9 180 pounds) but he is a giant on the mound. The reigning ACC Freshman of the Year has breezed through the Cape League competition this summer to a tune of 25 innings, 0 runs, 32 strikeouts, 3 walks, and just 10 hits allowed. Stroman was a […]

20,000 days ago today, one of the most famous people in baseball history died: Cy Young. Obviously, he’s most famous for winning 511 games, a record no one has ever challenged. That said, his death itself had an impact on baseball. It was in response to his death that MLB began issuing an annual award […]

Happy Friday. What better way to start your weekend than with a fresh sampling of five-tool analyzer visuals. Inquiring minds want to know who’s: All-World All-Most All-Muscle All-Power & Speed All-Feet All-D Let’s start with All-World. No surprise here.

Phillies 5, Marlins 4: Ugly game, with each team trying valiantly to lose throughout, but third base ump Bob Davidson was the ugliest part of all. He blew the call on what would have been the game-winning hit by Gaby Sanchez in the bottom of the ninth, calling it foul when it most clearly was […]

News from this week’s SABR convention, at the annual business convention, SABR big wigs decided that the 2012 convention will be in Minnesota. Start planning, people. We can all stay at Aaron Gleeman’s House That Blog Built. (Wait, 2012? What about 2011? They decided that last year – it’ll be in LA. The annual meeting […]

There was a time, back in 2006, when Delmon Young was known as much for his temper as his talent. In April of that year, while in still the minors, he tossed his bat toward an umpire and struck him after disagreeing with a call. He served a 50 game suspension for his actions, starting […]

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1: I guess I owe Kevin Kernan an apology. Apparently the Yankees were waiting for A-Rod to get his 600th home run before the team would focus on winning baseball games again. He did it, they won, Kernan was right, Q.E.D. Twins 2, Rays 1: And hey, the Yankees now own […]