We’re working to get THT’s very best stats on your screen soon. For starters, we’ve posted team stats in the Teams section, and we’ve included a new scoreboard. Look for other new features over the next two weeks, including graphs and Win Shares.

Friend of THT John Gizzi, whom you may remember from this year’s (and last year’s, for that matter) “Five Questions: Oakland A’s” season preview, is now blogging about the A’s over at All-Baseball.com. Go check it out.

Sure, it’s fun to watch the Red Sox and Yankees fight it out. But an even better way to start the season is “Oh Five”, a musical by Team Batgirl. A production with operatic aspirations, I think I can clearly say that Oh Five sets a new standard for baseball-related musical productions! Go download it […]

Lots of big news broke today: – New research has conclusively proven that Fidel Castro was cut from the Washington Senators in 1949. – The Mets have traded David Wright to Tampa Bay for a couple of relievers. – The Stick and Ball Guy has uncovered a top-secret Yankee ring-kissing ceremony. – This isn’t related […]

First Tyler Bleszinksi of Athletics Nation hangs with the A’s for a couple days with plenty of pictures to show for it, and now Jon Weisman of Dodger Thoughts has posted an outstanding interview he conducted with Dodgers GM Paul DePodesta. It quickly becomes clear while reading Jon’s DePodesta piece that he has a legit […]

If you don’t already make Athletics Nation a part of your daily reading (and why not, exactly?), make sure to head over there today to read about Tyler Bleszinski’s experience hanging out with and interviewing a whole bunch of the Oakland A’s. Blez was schmoozing with Billy Beane, Barry Zito, Rich Harden, and Eric Byrnes, […]

David Pinto has produced fielding graphs for all major league players last year. I have to admit that I’m tremendously excited by this. There are several graphs for each player, exhibiting his prowess on each type of batted ball by fielding zone compared to the major league average over the past three years, and adjusted […]

I have to admit that I couldn’t care less about the congressional hearings into steroid use in baseball. I mean, don’t legislators sending young men to war have more important things to do? Still, if you’re interested, here are a few links about the hearings: – Will Carroll’s blow-by-blow account – John Perricone’s in-depth take […]

The “Stick and Ball Guy” (great name) has written a review of The Hardball Times’s Bullpen Book. You can check it out for an unbiased review of the book, which can be purchased by visiting this page. Any support you can give our non-subscription site would be appreciated.

Studes is going to make a radio appearance this evening on KRMS 1150 in Missouri. Don’t live in Missouri? No problem, they webcast live. Studes and KRMS’s Brendan Mathews will be previewing the AL Central between 6:30 and 7pm CST. Update: Studes and Brendan mentioned a few specific articles on the air. Here are direct […]