Comments on: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2009

By: Nick Swisher’s Defense At First Base : WasWatching.com

Nick Swisher’s Defense At First Base : WasWatching.com — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:50:15 +0000

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By: With Mike Cameron You Get… : WasWatching.com

With Mike Cameron You Get… : WasWatching.com — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:28:32 +0000

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By: Steve Lombardi

Steve Lombardi — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:57:04 +0000

My pleasure to review the book, as always studes.

Thanks for this additional information.

By: studes

studes — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:49:28 +0000

Hey Steve,

Thanks for the review. I’d point out a few things:

1. There were eight more articles this year, 25% more than in the past. This was a big increase, but we decided it was worth it to make the book better. So, even though there were some articles you didn’t like as much, there were more articles in total. I’m pretty confident that there were just as many articles that you liked compared to previous years. Maybe even more!

2. As a result of the expanded content, we decided to bring more voices into THT. Roel’s voice is different, and some people really like it–Others don’t. Understood. But we think the diversity of voices makes the Annual stronger overall.

3. There were no in-depth numbers in Sean’s fielding article, because he’s covered them before on the THT site. There are references to those articles at the end of Sean’s article in the Annual.

Thanks again.