I love my sister-in-law Amy. She knows it. Oh, come on, I adore her. She knows it. But … I come home from work on Monday evening at 6:15. My wife hands me her cell phone, with Amy’s phone number already punched in, and says, “Amy has a question for you!” So I call Amy. […]

As proud as we are of our statistics, we’ve felt a little bad that we haven’t had any fielding statistics. Fear not. Thanks to our intrepid technical “staff” (one Bryan Donovan), we now have thorough fielding and catching stats available for you. All of the basic fielding statistics that have been published in our Annual […]

If you’ll be driving home in the Austin, Texas area around 4:20 (central time) this afternoon, tune in to AM 1300 “The Zone.” I’ll be a guest with Chad Hastings and Kevin Dunn on The Afternoon Show. If you’re not within range of AM 1300, but you still desperately want to hear what I have […]

This Saturday, Feb. 10, I’ll be discussing the The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2007 at the New York City SABR chapter meeting. The meeting goes on all day and includes some great talks and guests; the author panel (of which I’ll be a part) is at 11am. For more details on the meeting, click here. […]

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The 2007 Marcels, the simplest yet effective way to predict next year’s performances, are now available on The Hardball Times. You can view the 2007 batting Marcels by clicking here and the 2007 pitching Marcels are available on this click. We’ll also add each player’s Marcel projection to his player page, so you can track […]

The reviews of the Hardball Times Annual 2007 are rolling in. Here’s an ongoing list: Tony Aubrey of Baseball Evolution has a review online. If you haven’t bought the Annual, follow Tony’s advice, All in all, this book is great. If you haven’t bought it yet, get your fanny out of that chair and get […]

The Hardball Times will be off the air on Monday, January 1. Detectives believe alcohol was involved. Come back tomorrow for new and improved 2007 Hardball Times content!

Just wanted to write a quick note to all the people who have been proactive enough to send followup emails in regards to the THT Editor positions we have open. We are reading through the very impressive emails we’ve gotten from all of you, but it is a time consuming process and no decisions have […]

Happy holidays everyone! THT will be taking a break next Monday, but will be back with new articles from the gang starting Tuesday, Dec. 26. Only seven weeks until pitchers and catchers report! And don’t forget to get your applications in if you’re interested in working for us.