Nine Innings20 reviews Daniel Okrent Houghton Mifflin, 2000 Nine Innings- + 25 years later, still doesn't feel dated + Great! Make Another One! I read this book back in 1998, when I was getting back into baseball. To read it is to enjoy a baseball game, just the same as if you are in the stands, pitch by pitch. It gave me all the background that I was interested in ( 40 man vs 25 man roster, free agency rules though those need to be ...             Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game365 reviews Michael Lewis W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 Disliked his Wall Street books, loved this one + Excellent. + So popular that it has become a cliche - MUST READ for any serious or casual baseball fan + Changed How I Viewed the Game + Enlightening             Baseball Hacks: Tips & Tools for Analyzing and Winning with Statistics (Hacks)14 reviews Joseph Adler O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 How to watch, research, and understand baseball + Baseball Hacks, the "How to" manual for Moneyball + Tips & Tools For Analyzing Baseball Data + Baseball/Computer Nerds Unite!             The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches18 reviews Bill James, Rob Neyer Fireside, 2004 An underrated and terrific book + Can a reference book really be this entertaining? I judge a book not by what it doesn't have, but what it DOES have. And this book has all the things you'd expect in another great book from Bill James or Rob Neyer. It has information you can't find anywhere else and probably never thought you could. Where else could you find accounts of exactly ...             The Elements of Statistical Learning25 reviews T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, ... Springer, 2003 data mining from the viewpoint of statisticians + elements of statistical learning + Great statistics book. + Most Useful Machine Learning Book + Best data mining book             The Hidden Game of Football1 review Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer, ... Warner Books, 1988 Great Statistical Analysis of Football This book is an excellent read for anyone who has a genuine interest in football statistics. The authors are actually statisticians themselves, and they go through each phase of the game and attempt to come up with scientific ways to rate each position, including the offensive line! The part I ...             The Hidden Game of Baseball: A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball and Its Statistics3 reviews John Thorn, Pete Palmer Doubleday Books, 1984 Great work at the time but since overtaken + A thinking person's guide to Baseball + An Introduction to Sabremetrics This book was great for its time, and it's still very interesting and well worth a look. Contrary to what is said in another review, this book didn't "start" anything, and Bill James came first. But it was probably the first such comprehensive effort to evaluate and rank the players of all time ...             Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis5 reviews Dean Oliver Potomac Books Inc., 2004 A Mature Look At Pro Basketball + A Valuable Tool + Solid Analysis / Easy to understand + The Textbook for Getting into the NBA + If you love stats and basketball...             America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation16 reviews Michael Maccambridge Random House, 2004 All football fans should read this book + A Must For All NFL Fans + Football History at it's Finest + Absouletly Incredible! + Touchdown!!! ............But missed the extra point!             The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics28 reviews Alan Schwarz Thomas Dunne Books, 2004 5+ Stars - A Must For Your Baseball Library + I saw myself in this book + a must have book + And the people who play it...             The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract86 reviews Bill James Free Press, 2003 the man and the work that put sabermetrics on the map + Very good book + It's The Little Things You May Like + The All-About Baseball Book + Classic             Three Nights in August93 reviews Buzz Bissinger Houghton Mifflin, 2005 Great insight into leadership + OK, so I'm a BIG Cardinal fan... + Day to Day Life of Professional Ballplayers If you've ever wondered what it takes to be a leader -- the commitment, the focus, the almost obsessive compulsion that drives excellence then this book is a great backdrop. La Russa demonstrates what it takes to lead a team at such an elite level, the impact winning and losing has on his players ...             The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers and Their Final Pennant Race Together26 reviews Michael Shapiro Broadway, 2004 " 'He Wanted Desperately To Stay' ? Apparently not! " Rated ***(**) + Another Time, Another Place + Very informative + Amazingly Good + Completely Satisfying             Pro Football Prospectus 2005 : Statistics, Analysis, and Insight for the Information Age22 reviews Aaron Schatz, Staff of FootballOutsiders.com Workman Publishing Company, 2005 A 'must' for any with more than a casual interest in football + Solid analysis, too many inside jokes + Exactly what I was looking for + Mike Martz please read the review of the Rams team!             Baseball Prospectus 2006: The BP Team of Experts on Baseball Talent16 reviews Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts Workman Publishing Company, 2006 Calling all fantasy team owners..... + The Baseball Information Derby + Best overall baseball book ou there This is the one book you need before draft day! Oh, and if you're just a major league baseball fan, especially one that knows that there is a lot more to find in the statistics than meets the eye, this book is for you. If your eyes glaze over when you try to decipher statistics, this book makes ...             The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract86 reviews Bill James Free Press, 2003 the man and the work that put sabermetrics on the map + Very good book + It's The Little Things You May Like + The All-About Baseball Book + Classic             Pro Football Prospectus 2005 : Statistics, Analysis, and Insight for the Information Age22 reviews Aaron Schatz, Staff of FootballOutsiders.com Workman Publishing Company, 2005 A 'must' for any with more than a casual interest in football + Solid analysis, too many inside jokes + Exactly what I was looking for + Mike Martz please read the review of the Rams team!             Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis5 reviews Dean Oliver Potomac Books Inc., 2004 A Mature Look At Pro Basketball + A Valuable Tool + Solid Analysis / Easy to understand + The Textbook for Getting into the NBA + If you love stats and basketball...             The Hidden Game of Football1 review Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer, ... Warner Books, 1988 Great Statistical Analysis of Football This book is an excellent read for anyone who has a genuine interest in football statistics. The authors are actually statisticians themselves, and they go through each phase of the game and attempt to come up with scientific ways to rate each position, including the offensive line! The part I ...             The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches18 reviews Bill James, Rob Neyer Fireside, 2004 An underrated and terrific book + Can a reference book really be this entertaining? I judge a book not by what it doesn't have, but what it DOES have. And this book has all the things you'd expect in another great book from Bill James or Rob Neyer. It has information you can't find anywhere else and probably never thought you could. Where else could you find accounts of exactly ...