shysterball.blogspot.com - 3/28/2008
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Rob Neyer's new book officially comes out on Tuesday. Read about it today.
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ShysterBall: Calcaterra: REVIEW: Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends
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ShysterBall: Calcaterra: REVIEW: Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends Remember how thrilled you were when the latest “Lefty O’” came out by Standish? Ok, maybe not. How bout Zanger’s “Major League Baseball” or Robinson’s “Baseball Stars of...” series? No?...Well, It’s the same feeling I get with Neyer’s “Big Book” series. If Rob is OK with calling out Bill James’ hooey, I think he’s just fine with debunking sacred history. But you know what? “Debunking” is probably the wrong word. “Debunking” implies a sort of impatient and disdainful exposure of frauds or perfidies, and ...
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