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I ventured down to South Street in Philly for a day of dining of shopping and dining on Saturday. Sylvia and I had a good time, though our friends weren't interested in getting any middle eastern food, so we had to settle for pizza.
I also was able to more thoroughly peruse the shelves at the Book Trader which is right around South and Fifth (By the way, the Tower Books down the street is going out of business and has some Total Baseball's 50% off).
I could have spent $150, but ended up with five books.
BARS: Baseball Analysis and Reporting System by Bill Welch. I had never seen this before, so I though I would give it a shot. It has some interesting data presentations and seems like a stab at a combination of scouting and sabermetrics, though more scouting.
How to get noticed by a Major League Scout by Vincent Pica. This is a little pamphlit with a discussion of what scouts are looking for in players and how to improve your skills.
Baseball and Billions by Andrew Zimbalist
STATS Scouting Notebook, just something I've never picked up and wanted to look at.
World Series by Neft and Cohen. Along with all my Baseball Guides, I now have play by play for all the World Series games.
As I said there were a lot of things that I could have bought, but didn't. They even had a 1998 BBBA, which shocked me.
It is the best used baseball section I've actually seen in person.
I ventured down to South Street in Philly for a day of dining of shopping and dining on Saturday. Sylvia and I had a good time, though our friends weren't interested in getting any middle eastern food, so we had to settle for pizza.
I also was able to more thoroughly peruse the shelves at the Book Trader which is right around South and Fifth (By the way, the Tower Books down the street is going out of business and has some Total Baseball's 50% off).
I could have spent $150, but ended up with five books.
BARS: Baseball Analysis and Reporting System by Bill Welch. I had never seen this before, so I though I would give it a shot. It has some interesting data presentations and seems like a stab at a combination of scouting and sabermetrics, though more scouting.
How to get noticed by a Major League Scout by Vincent Pica. This is a little pamphlit with a discussion of what scouts are looking for in players and how to improve your skills.
Baseball and Billions by Andrew Zimbalist
STATS Scouting Notebook, just something I've never picked up and wanted to look at.
World Series by Neft and Cohen. Along with all my Baseball Guides, I now have play by play for all the World Series games.
As I said there were a lot of things that I could have bought, but didn't. They even had a 1998 BBBA, which shocked me.
It is the best used baseball section I've actually seen in person.
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