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10-19-2001, 03:08 PM
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Historical Baseball Abstract
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is now in the bookstores.
I just got my copy at Barnes & Noble.
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10-19-2001, 03:17 PM
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THANKS Lee! I thought I had a copy on back order with Amazon - - gotta check. If not, B&N is right around the corner.
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10-19-2001, 05:22 PM
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This should be post 10,000. Cool.
Just got back from B&N - they won't have it here until 10/30. 
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10-19-2001, 05:25 PM
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10-20-2001, 12:37 PM
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I don't trust that information. From my senior year of high school through the start of my 2nd year of law school, I worked at Waldenbooks at the local mall. I worked there during all of my summer, winter and spring breaks, while I didn't work while I was away at school. All bookstores have the same sources for when books are due out and that information is notorious for its unreliability.
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10-20-2001, 11:06 PM
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Thanks Lee. I'll go back there and try again.
All - - heard this book was pretty good, FYI, but, I haven't read it myself: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...393209-0612024
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10-21-2001, 01:32 AM
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How much new info is in it? I have read the first two versions about 20 times. I am hoping there's a lot of new in it.
PS- To anyone looking for a winter book, "The Politics of Glory aka "What Ever Happened to the Hall of Fame" is also fantastically thought-provoking.
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PJL - Agreed on Politics of Glory. Also liked "This Time, Let's Not Eat The Bones." Accordin to B&N, here's what is new in the BBHA: From Our Editors This much-anticipated revision of the classic bestseller -- now long out of print -- will have baseball fans drooling. Divided into two major sections, The Game and The Players, the book provides a detailed history of the sport, decade by decade, and backs it up with pages and pages of stats and quirky facts. This new updated edition includes key new features, such as a history of baseball in the 1980s and 1990s, rankings of the greatest managers, and rankings of the top 100 players of all time at each position. From the Publisher In 1985, Bill James, already recognized as baseball's most brilliant analyst, scholar, and author, unveiled a masterwork called The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. Today, the work is widely considered to be one of the greatest baseball books ever. Now, the greatest just got better. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is really two books in one. The first, "The Game," is an incisive, decade-by-decade history of baseball. For each decade, James provides a bulleted summary that includes not only all the expected information -- best records, highest batting average -- but also a range of eccentric details, from the heaviest player to the worst-hitting pitcher. The second part of the Abstract, "The Players," ranks history's top one hundred managers and players in each position. The rankings yield several surprises, based as they are on a fascinating and persuasive new method James has dubbed "Win Shares." A fascinating history full of James's beloved wit and penetrating insight, here is the ultimate argument-settler for armchair experts, and the new bible for baseball fans everywhere.
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After spending some time flipping to random pages and player comments and essays, as well as just looking up specific players, I just started reading from the beginning. It's pretty good. There is some recycled material, but the new overwhelms the old. Also, James's HOF book was an outstanding critique of that farse of a membership list.
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Went back today. Still nothing.
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10-21-2001, 08:10 PM
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DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10-23-2001, 04:52 PM
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New abstract
How is it? Any earth shattering rankings?
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10-23-2001, 05:16 PM
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Dunno - still waiting to see it too.
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10-23-2001, 05:37 PM
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I ordered mine from Amazon, should ship out today. Can't wait to see it and resume my Musial/Williams, Mantle/Mays and Hornsby/Morgan arguments with my brother
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Stopped by B&N on the way home - still nada.
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