Next month, SABR (that’s the Society for American Baseball Research to you people who like everything spelled out) is hosting an analytic conference in Mesa, where the Cubs play spring ball. There are going to be cool speakers, panel discussions, case studies and presentations—you can see the agenda here. Lots of THT friends will be […]

Twenty years ago, Darryl Strawberry had the greatest game of his life. He hit nine home runs in one game, yet he still got pulled for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded and the game tied. Yes, you read that right. It was 20 years ago, on Feb. […]

Geoff Buchan has posted the results of his testing of the 2011 batting projections from several leading sites, our own THT Forecasts (aka Oliver), Baseball Prospectus’ Pecota, Steamer, Rorovalue, and Marcel. I am pleased to say that, according to this set of tests, that Oliver had a very good year. Check out Geoff’s article here

A few days ago, longtime Red Sox knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield announced his retirement after a lengthy big-league career that stretches back to the George H. W. Bush presidency. When a player retires, it’s time to look back on his career, and that’s exactly what I’d like to do here. Below is a list of […]

The Forecasts update posted yesterday, Feb. 18, will have different numbers for every player from the week before, as I discovered a logic error in my code which was preventing park factors from being applied to each player’s batting and pitching projections. Recently published Forecasts were park neutral but now are as intended, specific to […]

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When we were following baseball in the late 1970s, three National League catchers stood above the rest. No. 1 was Johnny Bench, the standard-bearer for catchers who hit with power and shut down the opposition’s running game. The third-best catcher was Ted Simmons, a terrific hitter who deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. […]

Twenty thousand days ago, one of the most controversial off-field moments in Yankee history occurred. Naturally, it involved Billy Martin. In fact, it was Martin’s 29th birthday all those days ago, on May 16, 1957. Since he wa a long time Yankee with many good friends on the team, Martin’s birthday was a cause to […]

The baseball world learned Thursday the sad news of the passing of baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter. The former catcher was only 53 years old when brain cancer claimed him. Any time a person dies it is first and foremost a personal tragedy. Others can eulogize the man far better than I can. What […]

10 years ago today, Jeff Loria officially became owner of the Marlins, as major league baseball approved of the sale. Few changes in ownership have garnered as much negative publicity as that one. It was part of a game of musical owners. The Marlins owner went to Boston, Montreal’s owner (Loria) went to Florida, and […]