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07-12-2005, 03:05 PM
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Re: Attention: Red Sox fans...
That is fantastic. Now I wanna know what he's listening to.
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#15
07-13-2005, 09:55 PM
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Re: Attention: Red Sox fans...
for the geekier sox fans (like me)
Mind Game Savvy, insightful, statistically brilliant, and filled with the thudding sound of the sacred cows of received baseball wisdom biting the dust, Mind Game relives one of modern baseball’s greatest success stories while revolutionizing the fan’s understanding of how baseball games are really won and lost. Created by Steven Goldman and the writers and analysts at Baseball Prospectus—the preeminent annual on the inside game of baseball, with 91,000 copies in print, and Web site, www.baseballprospectus.com, that receives 5 million hits a month—Mind Game explains why the unenlightened Twins gave up on David Ortiz; what led the Sox to understand Johnny Damon’s true value and give him the ideal place in the batting order; how Boston actually gained by having Keith Foulke as a closer vs. Mariano Rivera; and what would likely have happened if the Boston–A-Rod trade went through. (Hint: even worse for the Yankees.) And as the suspense ratchets up before the historic seven-game AL playoff, readers will never look at baseball the same way again, learning that leadoff hitters don’t need to be fast and RBIs are not the rocksolid barometer of an offensive player’s contribution. And all that stealing and bunting? Forget it! Just wait for a three-run homer.
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#17
07-13-2005, 10:00 PM
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Re: Attention: Red Sox fans...
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btw- anybody know when a book showing how savvy the NYY front office is coming out? just wondering [/ QUOTE ] Well, I was going to say that the book looks interesting, and I'm a Yankees fan, but this is just mean. Jerk butt poop face.
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#20
07-15-2005, 05:50 PM
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Re: Attention: Red Sox fans...
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Before visions of the 6,782 Red Sox championship-exploitations that came out back in April blow your mind, be assured that Mind Game is not another onanistic knock-off along the lines of “Cursebreaker: How My Shamanistic Rituals Won the World Series for Red Sox Nation", by Johnny Damon’s cousin’s ex-boyfriend. [/ QUOTE ] Damn, I was really looking forward to that one...
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