Baseball Forecaster 2004 [Paperback]

Ron Shandler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2003

Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster is the authoritative book on baseball analysis, used by fantasy leaguers and major league ballclubs alike. The new 18th edition has trends and projections for over 900 players, groundbreaking research results, pitching logs, major league equivalents, strategy essays and more. Includes a FREE online projections update!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The Baseball Forecaster has a prominent place on Red Sox GM Theo Epstein's bookshelf." -- MONEY Magazine, April 2003

"The Forecaster is my primary source for help in distinguishing among the many viable Challenge options." -- Michael Black, 9 national challenge league titles in 2003, including CDM's High Rollers National Challenge

"The Forecaster is tremendously valuable to anyone who cares about making sound baseball decisions or approaching the game with intelligence." -- Dayn Perry, Baseball Operations Consultant, San Diego Padres

About the Author

RON SHANDLER was the first baseball analyst to develop sabermetric applications for fantasy league play. His ground-breaking concepts and strategies have made him a perennial contender in national experts competitions. Ron’s website, BaseballHQ.com, received 2003's "Best Fantasy Baseball Online Content" award by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Shandler Enterprises, LLC (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891566040
• ISBN-13: 978-1891566042
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,856,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Open methodology based on hard data, not emotion, December 26, 2003

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Not Quite A Doctor "fegg" (Redwood City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baseball Forecaster 2004 (Paperback)

Predicting how a collection of baseball players will fare in advance is something that Shandler understands. If you buy the book with the expectation that Player X will get N home runs and M RBI and P stolen bases, etc., that's the wrong idea. If you buy the book with an understanding that there are indicators that correlate well with performance, then you can put together a strong fantasy baseball team with this book in most years. (You could choose too many players out of the wrong 20% of the population.)

I have used Ron Shandler's book for years, and it has always been excellent. Even in a down year for me, the book has been on the mark, in general. One of the nice things is that Shandler is up front with his explanation of the statistics he uses and how he uses them.

There are lots of preseason fantasy baseball publications. Better to get one excellent book than a bunch of crappy ones.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baseball Forecaster by Ron Shandler, March 14, 2004

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robert m sable jr (northville, michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baseball Forecaster 2004 (Paperback)

If you play fantasy baseball or you love the story behind the story of wins and losses then you must have this book. Ron Shandler has assembled a group of analysts that know the game of baseball as well as any . They have created a set of indicators that truely provide insights into the art of performance projection.

But as good as the book is the website is even better. For all around baseball information , player valuation , fantasy sports strategies this place can't be beat.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of numbers, yes, but more intuitive logic, February 10, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Baseball Forecaster 2004 (Paperback)

I think the last reviewer missed the beauty of this book. Yes, there are lots of numbers and formulas, but they are there to show that there is a method to the projections. Every other similar book or magazine just puts out projections with no support -- like they pick numbers out of the air. The Forecaster shows that projections are constructed with a mathematical foundation shaped by intuitive logic. You can completely ignore the formulas and still get great value from the book. This is hands down the BEST book for fantasy leaguers. It changed the way I play the game, and changed the way I look at baseball.