Bill James

Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Arguing about the merits of players is the baseball fan's second favorite pastime and every year the Hall of Fame elections spark heated controversy. In a book that's sure to thrill--and infuriate--countless fans, Bill James takes a hard look at the Hall, probing its history, its politics and, most of all, its decisions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 1995
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439108376
• Artikelnr.: 49187364

Autorenporträt

Bill James made his mark in the 1970s and 1980s with his Baseball Abstracts. He has been tearing down preconceived notions about America's national pastime ever since. He is currently the Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox, as well as the author of The Man from the Train. James lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife, Susan McCarthy, and three children.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
1. Hundreds of Visitors a Year
2. 76 Trombones
3. Cacophony and Confusion
4. So, Whadda We Do Now?
5. Institutional History -- the Hall of Fame in the 1940s and 1950s
6. Scooter
7. Methods -- Introduction and Justification
8. Drysdale and Pappas
9. Similarity Scores
10. Myer and Herman
11. Arguments
12. Gordon and Doerr
13. Institutional History -- the Hall of Fame in the 1960s and 1970s
14. Hall of Fame Standards
15. The Negro Leaguers
16. Tinker and Davis
17. Priddy and Rizzuto
18. The Time Line
19. Overview
20. Catfish and Luis
21. Fibonacci Win Points
22. The Keltner List
23. What Is the Hall of Fame?
24. Institutional History -- the Hall of Fame since 1980
25. Stephens and Rizzuto
26. Round-Up
27. Charlie Hustle and Shoeless Joe
28. Active Players
29. In a Better World
30. Reese and Rizzuto
31. Don Drysdale
32. Election Day
Index