Hit Tracker Online is once again documenting every home run this year, including each homer’s “true” distance, speed off the bat and other cool stats. Greg has already got an early impression of this year’s ball, per an e-mail he sent me yesterday: My very first impression of 2009 is that the baseball is hot, […]

I don’t think we’ll be able to run THT Daily this year, despite several requests to do so. Not enough time in the day. However, you can now read And That Happened every morning on Shysterball’s blog, and I’ll post each day’s standings on THT Live. The sparklines (the most requested part of THT Daily) […]

An old friend of John Brattain’s has written a piece of fiction in homage to John. It’s called Fear No Evil, and it is a great read.

Get them via PDF. (Courtesy Heater Magazine.)

Get them via PDF. (Courtesy Heater Magazine.)

Keith Olbermann’s mother passed away on Saturday, which leads to this wonderful story of how she and Chuck Knoblauch became linked in baseball history. Our best wishes go to Keith and his family.

For you THT Download subscribers, the final Radar Tracking of the spring has been posted. Along with commentary and playing-time assignments for every MLB team, you’ll also find Derek Carty’s “LABR Diary,” a one-page breakdown of MLB rosters (the same as you’ll find each week in HEATER), and a sample of The Rundown with box […]

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The New York Times science section has a piece by Alan Schwarz on simulating baseball seasons. What is most interesting to me is that ten or more teams use baseball simulators, such as Diamond Mind, to help them make player acquisition and other strategic decisions.

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