Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Some great players have amazing careers that everyone is well aware of. Then there are players who have long careers that have ups and downs but overall end up being really great. We tend to write a lot about the players with amazing careers. Those with longer careers but lower peaks don’t warrant as much […]
Upon finishing Solid Fool’s Gold I had to check my bookshelf to see how many more Bill James books I had left to read. A few years back before I had gotten too deep into the more analytical side of baseball I had bought a handful of James books based on reputation alone. I haven’t […]
A common question in the medical field is, “should we do this?” What that means is that by taking all the evidence into account is it worth it to implement a certain strategy, conduct a research study, try to craft a new medicine, etc. This question is important, and it came to mind while reading […]
Un punto constante que he encontrado de los historiadores del béisbol es que el declive de Cuba como potencia del béisbol comenzó alrededor de 1962. Hay una razón clara para este período de tiempo, el 7 de febrero de 1962, Estados Unidos promulgó su embargo total contra el país insular de Cuba. Al prohibir la […]
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 […]