The Hardball Times Baseball Annual

Bryan Tsao, Carolina Bolado, Joe Distelheim

ACTA Publications, Nov 30, 2007 - Sports & Recreation - 366 pages

The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2008 is indispensable for serious baseball fans. It is the best place to innovative stats combined with accurate and piercing analysis. This comprehensive book covers the entire 2007 season from the first pitch to the last out, and it is also the first book of its kind to include a review of the postseason and World Series.It also includes: Detailed reviews of how 2007 played out in each of baseballs six divisions Cutting-edge statistics such as Win Shares and Win Probability Added Comprehensive team stats and graphs Team-by-team individual hitting and fielding numbers Articles on Barry Bonds and the homerun milestone, racial integration in baseball, and an in-depth look at GM Dave Dombrowski of the 2006 AL Champion Detroit Tigers

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Review: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010

User Review  - David Jacobs - Goodreads

This book is pretty lightweight, esp. compared to the Prospectus, but it is a fun reference.

Review: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual

User Review  - James - Goodreads

This is a highly geeky baseball fan's collection of articles on seemingly trivial baseball minutiae. Historical things like whether Bert Blyleven deserves to be in the Hall of Fame based upon the ...

Contents

• Season The Months of 2007 in History: 100
• National League East Review 25 Signals and Noise: 119
• National League Central Review 29 The Best Fielding Teams of 2007: 127
• The Postseason Sweeps 35 by John Beamer: 136
• The Story Stat 44 by Tom M Tango: 147
• The Deadspin Spin on 2007 51 by Tom M Tango: 153
• by David Vincent Do Managers Matter?: 159
• The Business of Baseball Report 78 Now You Has Stats: 184
• Thinking Ahead 83 American League Leaderboards: 194
• The Growing Game Abroad The Changing: 201
• Dave Dombrowski 92 Atlanta Braves: 217
• Boston Red Sox: 225
• Chicago White Sox: 234
• Cleveland Indians: 243
• Detroit Tigers: 252
• Houston Astros: 261
• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: 269
• Milwaukee Brewers: 277
• New York Mets: 285

About the author

The Hardball Times is a think tank of baseball writers who create provocative, insightful and entertaining baseball analyses, as well as produce their unique statistics, graphs and essays. Their website www.hardballtimes.com, is updated daily throughout the year on all things baseball.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual; Hardball Times Baseball Annual Series
• Editors: Bryan Tsao, Carolina Bolado, Joe Distelheim
• Contributor: Dave Studenmund
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: ACTA Publications, 2007
• ISBN: 0879463414, 9780879463410
• Length: 366 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / Statistics