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Amazon.com: buying info: Baseball Prospectus 2001 (Baseball Prospectus, 2001)
I was surprised to see Peter Gammons plugging Baseball Prospectus on Amazon.com. It is a bit ironic that Gammons is plugging their book, given that one of their authors felt the need to rebut every of Gammons's columns four years ago.
They are going to sell a truckload of books this year. I'm happy for them. They have a nice product. I own all five of the previous ones and will own this one as well. I'm never quite sure what to make of their book. It focuses almost entirely on player comments (90%), which makes it difficult for me to consider it a sabermetric book in the Bill James tradition.
As for problems, we are still waiting for some justification that Pitcher Abuse Points are better than average pitch counts for predicting injury, and they seem to ignore the fact that young teams don't win everything they expect them to. They've been predicting the Yankee's demise for three years now, and I'm guessing four. The Athletics essay should be an interesting read as well. All in all, it is a solid book, and you should buy it and Big Bad Baseball if and when it comes out this year.
I was surprised to see Peter Gammons plugging Baseball Prospectus on Amazon.com. It is a bit ironic that Gammons is plugging their book, given that one of their authors felt the need to rebut every of Gammons's columns four years ago.
They are going to sell a truckload of books this year. I'm happy for them. They have a nice product. I own all five of the previous ones and will own this one as well. I'm never quite sure what to make of their book. It focuses almost entirely on player comments (90%), which makes it difficult for me to consider it a sabermetric book in the Bill James tradition.
As for problems, we are still waiting for some justification that Pitcher Abuse Points are better than average pitch counts for predicting injury, and they seem to ignore the fact that young teams don't win everything they expect them to. They've been predicting the Yankee's demise for three years now, and I'm guessing four. The Athletics essay should be an interesting read as well. All in all, it is a solid book, and you should buy it and Big Bad Baseball if and when it comes out this year.
posted by Sean Foran # 9:01 AM 
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