NUSBR will be holding a steroids debate at Northwestern University. Here are the exact details: What: Asterisks or No Big Deal? A Debate on Steroids in Professional Baseball Who: Rick Telander, Senior Sports Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, former writer for ESPN and SI Bill Savage, Senior Lecturer in English at Northwestern University and SABR […]

Very nice graph by Dave Cameron (I love good graphs) that clearly demonstrates something we all intuitively understand: that pitchers are less likely to throw fastballs to power hitters.

Howard Bryan pens a nice column on the union’s role in the steroids case, or lack thereof. Not that I think we should keep talking about steroids. (Hat tip: BBTF)

Well, I doubt the founder/owner/operator of baseball-reference.com and the entire sports-reference monolith is really a millionare (it ain’t a one-man show and I don’t know if this is a one lump sum thing or not), but apparently, he came into the money as FSV bought of share of his company. From the article: The amount […]

Fifth Outfielder has an excellent post about the big picture behind the current steroids scandal. I recommend reading the entire article, but here’s the capper: Do you want to fix baseball? Stop reducing it to its stars; stop trying to copy the Hollywood model, which has now been copied in a variety of US industries […]

Ted Uhlaender died yesterday (hat tip: BBTF). Uhalender was an old favorite of mine, if for no other reason than I got his autograph in Cooperstown back in the 1960’s. It sounds like he was a fine person, too.

If you didn’t purchase the 2009 THT Season Preview but would still like to receive a copy of our player projections, you can download an Excel file of the projections for $10. For this price, you’ll receive projections (including fantasy values) for 1,314 batters and 1,310 pitchers. Plus, you’ll receive periodic updates until opening day.

Those of you who already purchased the THT 2009 Season Preview from ACTA should be receiving your copy today or tomorrow (if you haven’t already). In the meantime, we have created a new version of the projections spreadsheet, reflecting the latest player movements. You can find directions for downloading the spreadsheet on page seven of […]

AZ Snakepit has posted the second part of his interview with Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes.

(Note: Occasionally, the Hardball Times runs guest pieces from its readers. This is one such piece, obviously in response to the latest Alex Rodriguez/steroids revelation. Thanks to Bobby Mueller for his thoughts.) I love baseball. I’ve loved it since I was a little kid. I loved playing it, whether it was making a backhanded stop […]