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Moneyball - thatguy - 07-20-2008
by Michael Evans...I'm not much of a baseball fan. I've been to a couple of Giants and A's games. I learned what I know about the game (which isn't much) from watching my daughter play softball for two years. After that, we started watching Giants games on TV for a season. It always struck me funny when a guy would come up to the plate and the announcer would say, "You know, he'e 4 and 2 against left handed pitchers named Pete in parks built out of bricks on Wednesdays" or some stat like that.
This book is about that. It's about where all those stats came from. It about how the Oakland A's with the help of some people who've had some schoolin' were able to reexamine how they picked their team given their limited budget and do remarkably well.
I saw it on a book list somewhere. At the library, I requested a bunch of books from the list and this is the first one that came in. I'm not much of a reader, but I found this book well written, engaging, and interesting, even for someone who isn't all that into the subject.
--tg
Baseball - The Queen - 07-21-2008
My obsession with the Cubs and baseball began pretty much at birth. If there's anything at all in baseball you don't understand, including the infield fly rule, I've got you covered.
FYI, stats can have a massive impact on the game. Idiot announcers use them to jinx players and teams pretty much constantly.
- Dr. Ivor Yeti - 07-22-2008
I have a question about baseball, My Queen: Why does anyone watch it?
mt065
That's Easy - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 07-22-2008
Their mother went into labor while watching a Cub game. It's about trying to get back to the womb.
That's Easy - Drunk Monk - 07-22-2008
Same reason why people watch fencing. It's the knickers.
- thatguy - 07-22-2008
People watch fencing? I think more people would watch fencing if they served beer at the events. And like baseball and hot dogs, fencing needs a signature food...
--tg
That's Easy - Drunk Monk - 07-22-2008
shish-ka-bob!
and roasted marshmellows.
- Dr. Ivor Yeti - 07-22-2008
"Swordfish" perhaps...? Shish Kebab? Narwhal?
...and lotsa booze. That'll bring 'em in.
Poor, poor people - The Queen - 07-22-2008
But I'm sure you have other things to fill the hole in your soul that baseball does not currently fill.
mt038
Re: That's Easy - thatguy - 07-22-2008
Drunk Monk Wrote:shish-ka-bob!
and roasted marshmellows.
Put all those broken weapons to good use...
--tg
- Dr. Ivor Yeti - 07-22-2008
Soul...?
So that's it! - The Queen - 07-23-2008
And here I was thinking it was the boobs that made me different.
it's all about those chocolate chips... - Drunk Monk - 07-23-2008
...and don't believe the yeti for a split second. yetis have no soul. yetis are just things over there.
you know, i have two people on my IM list that have cubs avatars. the other one is a self-confessed redneck in our tn office who has a wikapedic memory for all sports stats. it's sort of freaky because he hits you with that tobacco chewin' drawl and then remembers amazing details about sports. his IM message, which will surely encourage TQ is 'maybe this year!' there are no other sports logos on my IM list.