By Michael N
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on November 27, 2001.
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Archive for November, 2001
Real-World 2001 Review
Tuesday, November 27th, 2001Reading by the Hot Stove
Monday, November 26th, 2001Bill James became famous exposing readers to a world of new statistics in his Baseball Abstracts of the ’70s and ’80s. Although his name remains synonymous with sabermetrics — “the study and mathematical analysis of baseball statistics and records,” according to the Dickson Baseball Dictionary — James’ latest work, the New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, has much to offer the statistically disinclined.
At Random
Wednesday, November 7th, 2001Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.
Of Gonzos Past?
I’m not much of a crier or a weeper. As a bit of a throwback in the sensitivity area, there isn’t much in sports that moves me to the point of tears anymore. The Astros haven’t won anything of significance in well, forever, so I can honestly say, baseball wise, the last time I got visibly emotional about the game was either the Astros/Mets playoff series or Cal Ripken setting the perfect attendance mark to end all perfect attendance marks. Probably the latter. (more…)
Contraction Is a Distraction
Wednesday, November 7th, 2001In the midst of a World Series that would become a seven-game classic, baseball’s steward, Commissioner Bud Selig, raised the white flag of surrender incuring the sport’s economic disparity: “As the problems have exacerbated, it has become clearer to me that everything should be on the table, including contraction. Can it be worked out for 2002? Time will tell. But I wouldn’t rule it out.”
