15 December 05
The Old Ball Game
There’s been frost in the morning here, as well as dense tule fog. This may be nothing compared to the ice and snow elsewhere in the country right now, but it still marks the season to get caught up on baseball literature. I just finished reading The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball, by Frank Deford. Christy Mathewson, the erudite college graduate and star pitcher of his age, is a favorite of mine!
On a more geeky note, I was quite pleased to note that O’Reilly has a book coming out in February entitled Baseball Hacks , by Joseph Adler, all about how to statistically analyze baseball datasets, of which there are many out there on the net.
- This has been one of the more active off-seasons in baseball, keeping our favorite game in the news during the fog and cold season. I’ve got Baseball Prospectus 2006 on my wish list this holiday season… meanwhile, I visit their website daily: Baseball Prospectus— Chris 16. December 2005, 09:44 Link
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