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Among the myriad accomplishments of the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox was the elevation of the "stat geek" to near-deity ranking, the Sox having shrewdly hired Zen-master statistician Bill James following the 2002 season. James' higher profile should generate that much more fan interest in volumes like this one, a hard-core, up-to-date statistical analysis of many of baseball's essential elements. Felber, executive editor of the Manhattan (KS) Mercury and a baseball historian for 20 years, number-crunches player value per dollar spent, the (dubious) effectiveness of switch-hitting, the win-loss impact of a general manager (huge) versus a manager (not so huge), pitch counts, when to steal, and much more. Some of his conclusions are self-evident, such as: "It's better to succeed at the hit-and-run than to fail." Yet he reveals some surprises, too, such as the investment value of starting pitching, the self-fulfilling nature of the penny-pinching franchise, and who the true MVPs of a team really are. A good pickup for strong sports collections. Alan Moores
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Among the myriad accomplishments of the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox was the elevation of the "stat geek" to near-deity ranking, the Sox having shrewdly hired Zen-master statistician Bill James following the 2002 season. James' higher profile should generate that much more fan interest in volumes like this one, a hard-core, up-to-date statistical analysis of many of baseball's essential elements. Felber, executive editor of the Manhattan (KS) Mercury and a baseball historian for 20 years, number-crunches player value per dollar spent, the (dubious) effectiveness of switch-hitting, the win-loss impact of a general manager (huge) versus a manager (not so huge), pitch counts, when to steal, and much more. Some of his conclusions are self-evident, such as: "It's better to succeed at the hit-and-run than to fail." Yet he reveals some surprises, too, such as the investment value of starting pitching, the self-fulfilling nature of the penny-pinching franchise, and who the true MVPs of a team really are. A good pickup for strong sports collections. Alan Moores
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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"Well thought out and soundly based, this book could be used as a text for most current teams, who should be trying to keep up with those few enlightened ones that are using logic rather than guesswork and hope."
--Pete Palmer, Co editor of The Baseball Encyclopedia and co-author of The Hidden
Game of Baseball
"Baseball's 'Book'--the ever-expanding cloud of common wisdom about how the game should be played--has resisted challenge in part because it is unwritten. Ever since baseball began, experts have not been reading from the same page, let alone the same book. But now Bill Felber comes along to poke holes in the clouds and let some sunshine in. Picking up where Michael Lewis left off in Moneyball, he addresses the central questions of risk, reward, and value--on the field and off--and reveals what it takes to win."
-- John Thorn, editor of Total Baseball
--Pete Palmer, Co editor of The Baseball Encyclopedia and co-author of The Hidden
Game of Baseball
"Baseball's 'Book'--the ever-expanding cloud of common wisdom about how the game should be played--has resisted challenge in part because it is unwritten. Ever since baseball began, experts have not been reading from the same page, let alone the same book. But now Bill Felber comes along to poke holes in the clouds and let some sunshine in. Picking up where Michael Lewis left off in Moneyball, he addresses the central questions of risk, reward, and value--on the field and off--and reveals what it takes to win."
-- John Thorn, editor of Total Baseball
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