Ten things I learned from The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008
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TUCK! Well, RZR, and the famous "David Gassko Snake Dance and Tea Leaf Ceremony." It is not to be missed...
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Hardball Times’ Season Preview
Published 2/8/2008 by John Beamer at Chop-n-Change
... addition there are also a handful of essays about fantasy baseball and player evaluation.
Why am I telling you this? As you may have guessed yours truly has penned the essay on the Braves.
If you are interested in buying the preview book you can buy it here: http://www.actasports.com/detail.html?id=018
For those wavering check here are some teasers.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/its-the-hardball-times-season-preview-2008/ ...
(Don't) Steal This Book
Published 2/8/2008 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
... , including how to order it, and information about a few of the other essays the book has. THT also has an article on some of the more interesting things gleaned from the book. And finally, there's a link to some ...
Off to Italy
Published 2/8/2008 by Will at Will's Title is Too Long
... to give you a rough idea of the form of the book. He also included 10 things he learned while making the book . So if you are thirsting for a season preview featuring some solid team-based analysis (and my chapter includes some Twins-based snark while I would have to believe the Mariners chapter will include some serious snark just because of the incredible awesomeness that is ...
Downtime, Family Trees, Hardball Times Book
Published 2/8/2008 by Geoff Young at Knuckle Curve - Baseball News
... the chapter on the San Diego Padres, so there may be some bias here, but I think we’ve got a pretty rockin’ book this year. If you don’t believe me (then why are you reading my stuff, but that’s a different story), here’s my esteemed colleague David Gassko to tell you more:
It’s the Hardball Times Season Preview 2008!
The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008: A sample chapter (Red Sox content warning)
Ten things I learned from The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008 ...
Friday Links (8 Feb 08)
Published 2/8/2008 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... for me to keep track of the conversations taking place out there in the ether. So to those of you who drop links (or any comments, really) into the daily discussion, I offer a hearty thanks.
Now that I’ve kissed your collective backside, I’m going to hit you up for more money. One project I’ve been working on this winter is the Hardball Times Season Preview 2008, and it’s almost here. Why do you care? Read these three ...
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The Hardball Times Season Preview
Published 2/8/2008 by Pat at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
It's not incredibly often that I make straight up book recommendations here on WHYGAVS, but I'm here to point you towards The Hardball Times Season Preview: 2008. I should warn you that I'm pretty biased in this recommendation because I wrote the Pirates' chapter of the book. In fact, they got bloggers to write previews for each team, and that's all kinds of awesome. David Gassko has a full preview of the book here, some interesting tidbits from it here, and a sample chapter here all up today at THT. If you're interested, hit up that first link and order ...
The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008
Published 2/8/2008 by Jeff <jbingham@gmail.com> at Lookout Landing
Buy it. Book summary 10 things David Gassko learned from reading it Sample chapter (Red Sox) If you've ever thought to yourself "I should make a little donation to Jeff for all his hard work," spend that money on this book instead. And if you haven't thought that, on account of being an ungrateful son of a bitch, you should still spend some money on this book anyway, because THT rocks, and they deserve your patronage. Last year's downloadable .pdf volume was already damn good, and now not only will you be able to get a physical book ...
The Hardball Times 2008 Season Preview
Published 2/9/2008 by Lisa Gray at The Astros Dugout
... 240 pages of team essays, player comments for almost 900 different players, projections, and other goodies. The team chapters are written by bloggers and THT writers who follow their team every day, and the result is the kind of commentary you can’t get from just looking at the numbers or some news stories.” And of course, “mind-bending, cutting-edge stats” for all your fantasy needs. Yes, I DO mean baseball fantasy.
Click here to read David’s 10 examples of things he learned from reading the book. ...
The Hardball Times 2008 Season Preview
Published 2/10/2008 by Mike Pindelski at The Bard's Room
... previews of each team are all provided. Plus, I wrote the White Sox chapter of the book.
If you’re interested in buying, here’s the link:
http://www.actasports.com/detail.html?id=018
Still not convinced?
Here you can take a look at the overview of the book:
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/its-the-hardball-times-season-preview-2008/
Ten things David Gassko of The Hardball Times learned from the book: ...
The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008
Published 2/11/2008 by Aaron Jay Sapiro at Rockin' the Ravine
... is going to happen, like Steve Phillips does.
We have the reactions, and we like to see whether or not they pan out. Trust me, I know, you love the Dodgers more than any of those stupid guys on TV, I do too.
Anyway, this book should be the bomb. Or at least I hope so.
They lined all the writers up with stat geek projections about what each player is “going to do” for the next three years.
And we wrote about it.
It was a blast.
Here’s a link to David Gassko’s Ten things he learned from reading the book. We got no love.
Here’s a ...
monday musings
Published 2/11/2008 by lboros <info@vivaelbirdos.com> at Viva El Birdos
... as long as i'm pimping: i wrote the st louis section again this year for The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008, now available from Acta Sports. lotta other SB Nation bloggers involved. here's a quick preview of the guide, and here are links to some sample pages. a quick disclaimer: while i wrote the player comments for the st louis roster, i did not set the rotisserie dollar values nor do the numerical projections; if those lead you astray, not my fault. of course, they might just lead you to a league championship --- in which case, feel free to send ...
[HARDBALL TIMES 2008 PREVIEW] The Hardball Times Season Preview 2008 Is Now Available
Published 2/11/2008 by The Professor at Rays Index
... essays and tried to maintain a similarly short and incisive style in the player comments.For some reason, the editors have once again asked us to write the preview for the Tampa Bay Rays. While we do a fair bit of writing in our day jobs, we have never fancied ourselves as professional writers. We are just Rays fans with something to say and a computer. As for the book...we can only hope we have not embarrassed ourselves. HERE is a sample chapter HERE is a little sampler of the things that can be found in the book And if you are ...
Lookin' good!
What is the basis for the fielding projections? RZR? Just curious.
-j