Here is the Win Probability graphic of that Phillies/Giants game, courtesy of Fangraphs: The Giants had a 4-1 lead with two out and a runner on first in the ninth and a 99% probability of winning. Then Brian Wilson (who led the majors in tough saves last year) loaded the bases on a grounder and […]

Tigers 11, Twins 6: Interesting play in the sixth, when Johnny Damon hit a deep drive to center. Denard Span caught it after a very long run, but dropped it after taking a couple of steps. The umps ruled that Span hadn’t held the ball long enough for an out, and it ended up being […]

Making the rounds today is this story in the LA Times depicting an odd situation in Los Angeles. Ned Colletti, the teams general manager, had some unpleasant things to say about the team’s best player, center fielder Matt Kemp: “Some guys, I guess, think that they’re better than they are. They think the opposition’s just […]

Twins 2, Tigers 0: Francisco Liriano dominates again. Jon Rauch gets his seventh save in eight chances. Jim Thome, Jason Kubel and Delmon Young all get in the game and provide some production. As long as it doesn’t snow during the Twins’ next homestand, I think we’ll be able to say that all of the […]

Hi there. Here’s my latest attempt to take something we’re all very used to seeing – scores – and communicate them in a different way. The concept is pretty simple: Red means your team won. Blue means your team lost. The size of the circles indicate how many runs were scored. And the amount of […]

Wow, this is fun. Lots of analytic discussion about the Phillies’ contract extension with Ryan Howard, ranging from Fangraphs’ Matthew Carruth saying “…I was tempted to fill this entire article with just me laughing” to BPro’s Matt Swartz saying “For Phillies phans, this is actually a great sign.” Two very analytic guys with two very […]

I thought that there would be no better way to start off a piece about Ryan Howard’s $125 million dollar contract extension then with this telling quote from Phillies GM Ruben Amaro regarding the timing of the extension: “We just felt it was good timing for us,” Amaro said. “We felt No. 1, he’s one […]

Red Sox 13, Blue Jays 12: Just your standard 25 run, 34 hit, 4+ hour nine inning game. Lyle Overbay, Jose Bautista and Jason Varitek each had 4 RBI, Bill Hall, Jeremy Herminda and Travis Snider all had 0-fers, and the starting pitchers — Josh Beckett and Dana Eveland — were each tied up and […]

There’s a new feature at the Hardball Times. It’s called THT Links and you’ll find it in the right-hand column of our home page. Since our baseball writers are always combing the Internet for interesting baseball stuff, we decided to establish a Twitter feed in which they can easily highlight the links they find most […]

Cubs 12, Brewers 2: The Cubs sweep the Brewers in convincing fashion, outscoring them 25-4. It’s like they’re the Pirates’ older brother or something, kicking the bully’s butt after that 20-0 beatdown. Astros 10, Pirates 3: Of course at some point the best way to defend your little brother is to let him get his […]