Our friends at ACTA Sports will be publishing both Hardball Times books this year: the 2008 THT Annual, a retrospective review of the 2007 season, and the THT 2008 Season Preview, which will include forecasts and projections for all major leaguers, as well as team capsules from the very best baseball bloggers, experts on their […]

You may have noticed a new feature at THT today: Toons by Tuck. Every week, Tuck will be posting a baseball-related cartoon, highlighting the bizarre comings and goings of the baseball world. Tuck had created award-winning editorial cartoons, illustrations, and comics at hockeybuzz.com for two seasons, as well as the “late, lamented” Game Night Revue […]

Our little stats problem has been remedied, and our stats section is once again fully operational. Thanks to those of you who pointed the problem out to us, and to BIS for their speedy solution.

We’re having a problem with our stats feed today, but that will be fixed as soon as possible. Many apologies for the inconvenience.

Both NLDS series currently have one team up two games to none. Historically, what happens then? Well . .. Checking at b-ref, I found 47 times in the past a team went up 2 games to 0 in a Best-of-Five. From then on: The team up went 30-17 in game three. They went 7-10 in […]

Far from the gloating of the NFL (Patriots ahem) and NBA (Spurs ahem), MLB has always been unfairly derided for a lack of parity, mainly because of the freedom it places on budgets. That is, there being no salary cap, hard or soft, in baseball. Well guess what baseball defenders? We have another new piece […]

Our Win Shares have been updated through Monday night’s game. Not surprisingly, the American League leader is Alex Rodriguez, who nearly broke the 40 mark, but settled for 39 instead. Magglio Ordonez finished three behind A-Rod. In the National League, David Wright accrued the highest total, 34 Win Shares, followed by Albert Pujols (32) and […]

That’s all that can be said. What a game.

The National League East moved from probability to certainty, as the Phillies beat the Nationals, 6-1, and the Mets lost to the Marlins, 8-1. This was a thrilling comeback for the Phils, and the second-biggest collapse in baseball history by the Mets. Congrats to Philadelphia. So our attention turns to the National League West and […]

At the end of the third inning, the Phillies lead the Nationals, 3-0, behind Jamie Moyer. That’s an 82% win probability for the Phils which, combined with the Mets’ losing 7-1 (5% win probability), means the Phillies have a 78% chance of finishing the day in sole possession of first. And that’s only after three […]