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The Hardball Times (abbreviated as THT) is a website which publishes news, original comments and statistical analysis of baseball each week Monday through Friday, in addition to the Hardball Times Annual book which features essays by leading sabermetric personalities. The website features the slogan "Baseball. Insight. Daily." Run by current owner Dave Studeman and David Gassko, it was founded by Aaron Gleeman and Bill James assistant Matthew Namee in 2004.
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Staff
The Hardball Times maintains a large and ever-changing stable of writers; many of its writers have gone on to work for larger media organizations (former writers Aaron Gleeman and Craig Calcaterra both work for NBC) or major league baseball teams (including Carlos Gomez, who is a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks; Dan Fox, who is the Director of Baseball Systems Development for the Pittsburgh Pirates; and Josh Kalk, who is a Baseball Operations Analyst with the Tampa Bay Rays). Its current staff as of 2010 includes Richard Barbieri, John Barten, Brian Borawski, Kevin Dame, Joshua Fisher, Brandon Isleib, Chris Jaffe, Brad Johnson, Max Marchi, Bruce Markusen, Dan Novick, Harry Pavlidis, Alex Pedicini, Jeff Sackmann, Mike Silver, Nick Steiner, Steve Treder, Geoff Young, Ricky Zanker, and a cartoonist who goes by “Tuck!” One of THT’s best-known and most controversial writers, John Brattain, died on March 24, 2009.[1]
THT also features a blog, THT Live, which is run by Novick.
The site is edited by Joe Distelheim, Travis Conrads, Jeremiah Oshan and Bryan Tsao.
THT Fantasy
The Hardball Times includes a dedicated fantasy section, running multiple articles a day five days a week. Its writers include Derek Carty, who has been there from the start, as well as Derek Ambrosino, Jeff Gross, Matt Hagen, Jonathan Halket, Jeremiah Oshan, Josh Shepardson, Jonathan Sher, and Paul Singman.
THT Fantasy runs a weekly "Roster Doctor" column in which writers dissect a reader's roster and features a daily updated "Closer Watch" feature, which allows readers to keep up tabs on the closer situation for all 30 Major League teams.
THT Fantasy is edited by Travis Conrads, Ben Jacobs, and Jeremiah Oshan.
THT Forecasts
Launched in March 2010, the Forecasts are a subscription section featuring Brian Cartwright's Oliver Projections. Subscribers can access six years worth of projections, which are updated weekly during the season.
Books
Since its inception in 2004, The Hardball Times has released an annual book, “The Hardball Times Baseball Annual.” The latest edition, “The Hardball Times Annual 2010,” featured 40 articles by the likes of Bill James, Craig Wright, and Tom Tango. The book also features reviews of the 2009 season and hundreds of pages of cutting edge statistics.
From 2007-2009, The Hardball Times also released a pre-season book, “The Hardball Times Season Preview.” The book consisted of 30 team essays, over 1,000 player comments, and projections for each player. It also featured projected standings, career projections, and multiple essays in the back of the book, mostly concerning fantasy baseball. In the 2010, the book was replaced by THT Forecasts.
In 2004, Steve Treder and Dave Studeman also released “The Hardball Times Bullpen Book,” which chronicled the history of major league relievers and reviewed, in detail, the best and worst performers of each major league bullpen from 2002 through 2004.
Notes
- ↑ "Blue Jays Fan and Writer Defended Players' Rights". The Globe and Mail. 10 April 2009. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090410.OBBRATTAIN10ART1953/BDAStory/BDA/deaths. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
