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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: fort worth, tx
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Baseball Prospectus 2005?
I ordered my copy on Saturday. Hope to have it on my doorstep on Wednesday. Any of you chaps put in an order already? Or planning to do so? Current price at Amazon.com is $12.21.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/book/ |
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Brooklyn
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I already have mine, mate. There is a top-notch article on quantifying the effects of in-play baserunning.
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2004 BB Pro was my first exposure, though I've been making use of the website for years.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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I pre-ordered but didn't realize that they didn't charge my (I bought a lot of school books at the same time) so it actually took me a few weeks to come with the money (I spent nearly all my cash on hand on a much needed new jacket and shoes) so I expect to get it shortly. I've been a subscriber to the website for about a year now and enjoy the subscription even if I don't keep up with reading all the articles. I accidentally bought 2004 BB Pro this winter because it was bundled with Bill James' 2005 Handbook and I thought I was getting this years version at pre-order price. Still, worth the price to look it over.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Already have it. Good stuff, as always.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Snellville, Georgia
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one of my favorite player capsules so far is for Rod Barajas. Pretty damn funny. Anybody else got any funny ones they've come across?
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5 years of buying that damn thing...
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"How're we gonna get batters out?" "Howry." You get the idea. |
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Yesterday, I finally bought a premium subscription at BB Prospectus. I've got a lot of reading to catch up on, so I'll see you gents in a couple of years.
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If I did the fantasy league thing, I would buy it in a heartbeat. But I can't justify the purchase otherwise. It would be nice to have around, but I know I wouldn't get my money's worth out of it.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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I bought the book last week, and I'm trying to wrap my head around things that I've heard people talk about, but never understood. Some of the player profiles are priceless though.
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10 years later, Bill James was endorsing Arky as the second greatest shortstop to ever play the game in his New Historical Abstract. So, even one of the sharpest minds in baseball can expand his knowledge base in a major way over a period of time.
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I'm just sitting on the basketball these days.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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I've had mine for 3 or 4 days now....read it all.
This is my first experience at more than dabbling into sabremetics and such...it was meh. PECOTA seems very flawed and picks regressions for about every player. They have a ton of very young prospects in the top 50 (A ball guys...) and Im not sold on their EQBA/EQSLG/EQOBP. I found the base-running article to be very interesting, even if somewhat flawed. All in all, a good read (and I read damn near every players bio as well). However, its to be taken in with my other reading materials. It offers a different way to view players, not the end all, and some of their projections just didn't really make a whole lot of since. Either way, a good read and worth the 17 bucks or whatever I paid for it at Borders. |
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