Craig Messmer is Not the Next Bill James

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Book review of Craig Messmer's State One - a misguided attempt at ranking players through his own player performance system. [link]

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Dugout Central: Ehrke: Craig Messmer is Not the Next Bill James
Published 4/16/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Dugout Central: Ehrke: Craig Messmer is Not the Next Bill James This will leave Nathaniel Stoltz flipping Pancake Flops! If a fool and his money are destined to soon part company then I suppose I’m a fool. I recently purchased – for $17.95 + tax – Stat One by Craig Messmer. Billed on the front cover as “A New System for Rating Baseball’s All-Time Greatest Players” the book appeared dangerously irresistible and in a moment of impulse buying I and my $17.95 (plus tax!) parted forever. ...Perhaps Messmer realized he was in trouble when he looked at the greatest P/E Average ...

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