So, I've always considered my baseball knowledge and fandom slightly better than average, but I've decided that I'd like to learn more. What are some good sites/books to read and what/where is a good place to start?
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So, I've always considered my baseball knowledge and fandom slightly better than average, but I've decided that I'd like to learn more. What are some good sites/books to read and what/where is a good place to start?
Cat in the hat
Wiseass :p.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5DiMaggio
Green eggs and ham?
Around the world in 80 days:D?
metsguy's blog
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Originally Posted by etothep
I'm sure Houston & Co will be here shortly with a list of books/sites for you
I'd assume checking out a place like hardballtimes until then is about as good as I can offer (that & the mandatory suggestion of Moneyball & a Bill James book or 2)
After Cat in the Hat, I liked Bill James Baseball Abstract
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Originally Posted by etothep
Cool, thanks to the both of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by acetoolguy
And yeah, I figured Houston would come on and post a list of sites and books a mile long and two miles wide.
Just read all of HoustonGM's posts and ignore all of RedsoxRockies' posts.
http://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Betwe...2177989&sr=1-1
Great book if you are really serious about learning and gaining a better understanding of modern statistics.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...-value-part-i/
Has a link to several systems of measuring players value such as WARP and Win Shares.
http://www.fangraphs.com/
Another good site that deals with in-depth analysis.
Somebody mentioned the bill james abstract and that is good as well.
And here's another good site
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/
http://projectprospect.com/forums/
Another good site especially if you are interested in following and judging prospects.
http://baseball-fever.com/forumdisplay.php?f=52
Awesome, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by wahoosamC
I'm flat broke right now, but once I get the money I'll probably pick up that book and the Bill James one as well.
Everything wahoosamc mentioned is great. Baseball Between the Numbers especially is a great read.
Anyway, some books on my shelf:
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball
The Fielding Bible (the second edition comes out in February)
The Hardball Times Annual
Baseball Prospectus Annual
Anything from Baseball Prospectus, Bill James, THT, Tom Tango, and the like would be a good read. Also, if you're just getting started, Wikipedia might be a good launching point. Search up any of the above groups/people, or just "sabermetrics", and go from there following links and such.
These are all "stat" suggestions. There's tons of other stuff out there if you're interested in the general history of the game, etc. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, which I listed above, is a good "history book" as well.
And I wish I could delete the first half of nonsense in this thread :(
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
I would recommend this thread be pinned once mod powers are back, for anyone else down the line that may also want to endeavor to learn more about baseball.