Unsure as I am about using this space to promote my own writing, I thought I’d let the readers know that I have a new article up at Batter’s Box intended to give hope primarily to Blue Jays fans, but really to the fans of any team that had a down year in 2004. The […]

One of the last frontiers of sabermetrics is fielding, and one of the flaws of sabermetricians is that we too often get hung up on math and numbers, and not enough on true understanding. Understanding doesn’t always come from tables of numbers. Sometimes you just need to see things instead of adding them, and now […]

There’s a preseason review of the NL Central over at Baseball Analysts, which reminds me about something I’ve wanted to mention and haven’t seen anywhere else. In his Big Book of Baseball Lineups, Rob Neyer called Houston’s Killer Bees the “biggest flop in postseason history.” At the time of publication, Bagwell, Biggio and Bell/Berkman had […]

I was leafing through my copy of the 2005 Bill James Handbook tonight, and I noticed that Marquis Grissom had, to my surprise, hit at least 10 home runs every season since 1992. Even in the homer-happy era in which he’s played, that’s a rare accomplishment. The only other guys to match that feat: Barry […]

Earlier this week, Rich Lederer and Bryan Smith opened a new website called Baseball Analysts. Rich and Bryan are two good friends of The Hardball Times, and their writing is always excellent. Be forewarned, however — Rich is slightly obsessed with Bert Blyleven and Jered Weaver. You also might be interested in the attached PDF […]

There’s an article on MLB.com today called “12 Black Aces,” discussing the dozen African-American pitchers who had 20-win seasons in the majors. Here’s the list: Don Newcombe Toothpick Sam Jones Bob Gibson Mudcat Grant Earl Wilson Ferguson Jenkins Al Downing Vida Blue J.R. Richard Mike Norris Dwight Gooden Dave Stewart Notice some missing names? When […]

Mike Carminati has updated his list of the most lopsided trades in history, with a new leader as the most lopsided trade of all time. Check it out.

Mike Carminati has posted a quck look at some of our Win Shares/Transaction data. I particularly like the table of biggest contributors to their team after a midseason trade. Few transactions have inspired more emails to me than the Doyle Alexander/John Smoltz deal, which I hope to review in-depth at a later time.

If you haven’t already, make sure to go check out former ESPN.com minor league analyst John Sickels’ new blog. It has already forced its way into my daily reading routine after just a few days of existing.

I’ve been accused on devoting a little too much of THT’s cyberspace to Johan Santana in the past. So rather than thrust another Santana column on the many unsuspecting non-Twins fans who frequent this site, I’ll direct those of you interested in reading about Santana’s new contract to my blog (where complaints about “too much […]