Rich Lederer and Buster Olney have been debating the Hall of Fame qualifications of Jim Rice in an open manner, swapping points back and forth in their blogs. You can read Rich’s latest post, which includes a fair rendition of Olney’s arguments, at his blog. Their willingness to continue their debate in the open air […]

After my recent article ranking outfield arms in 2007, I got several requests for a spreadsheet containing the results for all players, not just the full-time players that were mentioned in the article. A couple people asked for data going back a few years, as well. So, I’ve put together a file that you can […]

Yesterday, I published an article predicting what would happen in today’s Cooperstown election. How’d I do? Well . . . I said Gossage would be the only one to go in, with Rice narrowly missing. Check and check. I should note, I originally had Rice getting 76%, but figured I’m going to root for my […]

In a belated round table entry, the THT staff weighs in on the Swisher deal. Oakland A’s trade Nick Swisher to the Chicago White Sox for Gio Gonzalez, Faustino de los Santos and Ryan Sweeney. Matthew Carruth: I’m perplexed. Why deal Swisher when you have him really cheap for the next five years? Is Chicago […]

We’ve loaded 2008 projections for major league players onto our site, courtesy of Tangotiger and his pet monkey, Marcel. You can find the Marcel projections listed on each player page (look under Stats). Also, the Marcels have their own page for sorting. The batting totals are here and the pitching totals are here.

One thing I keep reading regarding the Hall of Fame candidacy of Jim Rice is that he was widely regarded as the dominant hitter in baseball, or “The Most Feared Hitter in the Game” for most of his career, 1975-1986. One way of measuring how feared he was might be to look at how many […]

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