Slightly Better than Replacement Level
There comes a point when an author can overwhelm a book. I’m not talking about the author’s style or manner of prose, although both of those can be true. Rather, what I’m referring to in this case is when the personality of the author overwhelms whatever it is they are trying to write. In book […]
Is it possible to find a book both highly valuable and cringe-inducing? I’d never come across a book worthy of that distinction until I read The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. It is in equal measure one of the most important baseball books ever written and a deep look into the disturbing views of […]
During Game 1 of the 2019 World Series FiveThirtyEight writer Travis Sawhcik tweeted out this absolute gem, Before we dig into the meat of that little nugget, I’ll be honest, I have lots of problems with Sawchik. I regularly go after his opinions on Twitter and in general find him to be a lousy representative […]