Baseball Prospectus 2006 & The Bill James Handbook 2006

andymac · 12-05-2005, 05:24 PM

Just pre-ordered both. Expected shipdate between January 3, 2006 and January 16, 2006. Can't wait!!!

darkhorse · 12-05-2005, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by andymac

Just pre-ordered both. Expected shipdate between January 3, 2006 and January 16, 2006. Can't wait!!!

Perhaps, on the latter. BB Pro 2006 won't ship until February 28th.

andymac · 12-05-2005, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by darkhorse

Perhaps, on the latter. BB Pro 2006 won't ship until February 28th.

I thought that seemed a little early for Prospectus...The handbook should hold me over that time, though.

darkhorse · 12-05-2005, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by andymac

I thought that seemed a little early for Prospectus...The handbook should hold me over that time, though.

Is there much writing in the Handbooks now or is it just reams of numbers? I looked at the first edition when it came out at the bookstore and it left me cold, for that very reason.

andymac · 12-05-2005, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by darkhorse

Is there much writing in the Handbooks now or is it just reams of numbers? I looked at the first edition when it came out at the bookstore and it left me cold, for that very reason.

I honestly havn't gotten it in the last couple of years. Amazon was just running a discount for the books together, so I went ahead and grabbed them both.

Jeremy Weimer · 12-05-2005, 06:50 PM

So if you're not a huge baseball stat-head are these books worth checking out?

andymac · 12-05-2005, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Weimer

So if you're not a huge baseball stat-head are these books worth checking out?

Well, they are both mostly statistical. However, if you play fantasy baseball, I would say they would be extremely valuable as they do have predictions for 2006.

darkhorse · 12-05-2005, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by andymac

Well, they are both mostly statistical. However, if you play fantasy baseball, I would say they would be extremely valuable as they do have predictions for 2006.

If that were true of the Baseball Prospectus book, I wouldn't care much for it. There is loads of quality, humorous, insightful writing. The player profiles are a hoot to read. It's also a large attraction to Bill James Abstracts.

JWay · 12-05-2005, 07:08 PM

amazon.com?

andymac · 12-05-2005, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JWay

amazon.com?

Yes.

atlbraves · 12-05-2005, 08:12 PM

I got the Bill James Handbook 2006 like 2 weeks ago before a plane trip and I would say its ok. It just gives statistics; some are really random and some are informative. Its pretty organized though. I would give it a 6.5/10. Theres probably some books better out there.

atlbraves · 12-05-2005, 08:13 PM

I'm really looking foward towards the prospectus 2006 book though. Always like to see who is our next stars in the future.

sebastian0622 · 12-05-2005, 08:28 PM

Is there a friend of Bill's named Bruce that gets mentioned in each of the Bill James books?

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atlbraves Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 315	I got the Bill James Handbook 2006 like 2 weeks ago before a plane trip and I would say its ok. It just gives statistics; some are really random and some are informative. Its pretty organized though. I would give it a 6.5/10. Theres probably some books better out there.

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atlbraves Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 315	I'm really looking foward towards the prospectus 2006 book though. Always like to see who is our next stars in the future.

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sebastian0622 Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,465	Is there a friend of Bill's named Bruce that gets mentioned in each of the Bill James books?