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Ladataan... The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2001; vuoden 2001 painos)Tekijä: Bill James (Tekijä)
TeostiedotThe New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (tekijä: Bill James) (2001)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. A magnificent book on the history of baseball. The book is divided in two sections, the first is the game broken out by decade, the second explores the best players by position. The stories are remarkable, the scope stunning. James's ability to put time and context into an easy to read format is amazing. I have read and re-read this book many times and each time find something new. Very highly recommended. In many ways, this book is a necessary complement to Leonard Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball. Koppett's book is essentially a narrative history of baseball, with a view to telling a story. James, however, is interested in the framework of baseball -- how rules, attitudes and historical situations have affected the play on the field. Some are offended by James' approach, which tends to use statistics rather than anecdotes to make points. Such criticism, however, writes off a central aspect of the game, one that has been around nearly as long as the game itself -- that baseball is in part a game of numbers. Each individual game is certainly exciting in and of itself, and individual feats of skill and daring may come from any player at any time. However, baseball is a game that is played in both individual games and in seasons. In this it does not differ from basketball, football or other team sports. But unlike those sports, baseball has emphasized the long-haul since the beginning of the first league in the 1880s. Part of its thrill is in trends seen over time. Both James and Koppett recognize this, and each arranges his book to take advantage of it. James' point, however, is that most trends over time are invisible to the naked eye. Some are only apparent when we look at the numbers. Statistics in baseball have been around as long as Henry Chadwick, and have been the best way to grasp the sport for over a century. In his historical abstract, James simply applies new measuring tools to an old game. Many of the tools he uses, such as Win Shares, have been supplanted in sophistication by Baseball Prospectus' VORP (value over replacement-level player) and WARP (wins above replacement-level player). However, his approach is valid and interesting. His writing is very readable and jocular, if occasionally self-congratulatory. However, the reader should come out the other end of this weighty tome with a deeper appreciation of the game and without endangering the visceral enjoyment of simply watching nine innings. A great reference for arguments about the best players "of all time" at any position. This is the book that sets out the argument for "win shares" as an individual statistic and summarizes the changes in the game from the late 19th century to the present. Surprisingly easy to read, and riddled with tasty morsels, but in the end, not exactly as filling as its heft would make you expect. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the "holy book of baseball." Now, baseball's beloved "Sultan of Stats" (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully revised and updated edition for the new millennium. Like the original, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is really several books in one. The Game provides a century's worth of American baseball history, told one decade at a time, with energetic facts and figures about How, Where, and by Whom the game was played. In The Players, you'll find listings of the top 100 players at each position in the major leagues, along with James's signature stats-based ratings method called "Win Shares," a way of quantifying individual performance and calculating the offensive and defensive contributions of catchers, pitchers, infielders, and outfielders. And there's more: the Reference section covers Win Shares for each season and each player, and even offers a Win Share team comparison. A must-have for baseball fans and historians alike, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Also, for what is the 5th printing, it is full of typos and printing errors. ( )