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The Baseball Same Game: Finding Comparable Players From The National Pastime

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A really unusual book from a first time writer. Lombardi, (with whom I am familiar from various web sites and blogs) is extraordinarily knowledgable about baseball. His passion for the game is obvious. Using some interesting ideas he compares the performance of some of the greats and near greats of the game. He has a unique methodolgy that is fun and intriguing. This is a great book for any knowledgable baseball fan. It is also a quick read.

What the author does in this book is take two players with very similiar stats and compare them - it doesn't matter if he's comparing a catcher to an outfielder, etc. - he compared two players with similiar stats, kinda like comparing an orange shaped like an apple, if you will. What I was hoping the book would be is comparing similiar players across generational timelines - ie. comparing Ryne Sandberg to Charlie Gehringer for example - so that he could start more discussion in comparing players across different eras. I think far too much basic info is given about each player for those who would be interested in this kind of book, which makes you start to skip thru sections and wonder what the book is really about, instead of holding your interest the whole way through.

At this time, I am proposing two ideas for Amazon reviews:
1. The Amazon List Price Theory - Amazon is selling a book at its
list price for a reason - it probably isn't very good so it isn't
selling with any volume, therefore it's still at list price.
2. The Sneak A Peek Theory - if the publisher or author doesn't give
readers the opportunity to sneak a peak at it before buying,
then it mustn't be very good - if your book is any good, then
you'll want people to read some before they buy.