Tag: Sabermetrics

New Bill James Historical Abstract

Play Ball! – My Favorite Baseball Books (part 2)

April 5, 2012

Yesterday I celebrated the official start to the Major League Baseball season by describing my favorite book written by an active baseball player: pitcher/shortstop/lawyer/labor organizer John Montgomery Ward’s 1888 how-to guide, Base-Ball. But I’m enough of a traditionalist to believe that the honor of starting the season ought to belong (as it did for decades) … More Play Ball! – My Favorite Baseball Books (part 2)

Joe Mauer

Write What You Know

June 21, 2011

So, what’s this blog about? Well, I’m not about to to reject advice from anyone who can write a book about sabermetric analysis compelling enough to be turned into a Brad Pitt vehicle. Alas, another geeky guy who watches The Office mostly because of Jenna Fischer already has an incredibly well-written, long-established blog on baseball, … More Write What You Know