Archive for April 2009

Dave Allen posted a terrific PITCHf/x article at Baseball Analysts yesterday, addressing one of my pet peeves with most PITCHf/x graphs: the lack of context. Graphs of pitch movement are cool and all, but virtually meaningless without context (which is true of virtually all graphs, by the way).

For THT subscribers, the second Weekend Supplement has been posted. We have also posted the first Wheelhouse of the season. Wheelhouse is a small Windows application that puts season-to-date and historical stats at your fingertips for everyone who plays in the majors this year (817 players and counting). For this week only, I’m making the […]

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Very cool. Greg Rybarczyk is one of the smartest people working in sabermetrics today, and now he’s appearing on ESPN: This is simply cool. (Reportedly Nate Silver has descended from his Fortress of Solitude to appear on ESPN as well, but I have no video of that to share with you.)

There’s a new batted ball report available for THT Download subscribers. This latest article looks at some of the surprising teams early in the season, and compares the magnitude of this year’s surprises to previous years. Plus, you can download a spreadsheet of batted ball stats for all batters and pitchers. If you’re not a […]

The first of the Yankees and Red Sox series begins which each team looking up at the Jays this time instead of the Rays. Major League News for April 24 Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player News Player […]

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For those of you who aren’t aware, Bryan Tsao is one of the hardworking people behind the scenes here at the Hardball Times, making sure that people like me sound functionally literate when trying to write about Win Shares at 2 am. Well, some well-deserved recognition: he’s been interviewed by USA Today. Congrats, Bryan! And, […]

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