false <![CDATA[Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900428m/77772.jpg 77772 3 In <i>Men at Work,</i> political pundit George Will breaks baseball down, parsing it into essential tasks: hitting, fielding, pitching, and managing. Why do some succeed grandly while others are more apt to whiff? By analyzing the way Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken, Orel Hershiser, and Tony LaRussa approach the game and do what they do, he finds striking similarities in intelligence, dedication, drive, and desire. 125112 1990 Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball total:216|5:52|4:98|3:52|2:9|1:5| 216 831 275 24 5 0 false false Fri Apr 10 09:56:39 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 10:02:28 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 21:47:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 21:43:52 -0700 2007 Moneyball.

The two books compare like so: If chess is a simple game of complicated moves and checkers is a complicated game of simple moves, Men at Work is a complicated book about a simple g...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 16:31:49 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 17:42:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 09:56:17 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 09:59:13 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Mar 09 13:27:16 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 13:27:16 -0700 2008 6 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 31 06:51:51 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 06:51:51 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Dec 26 12:51:40 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 12:51:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 23:38:30 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 23:12:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 10:54:30 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 13:41:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 10:51:19 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 10:59:19 -0700 2008 This book is 45% statistics, 45% technical, and 10% history of baseball. As a baseball fa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Wed Dec 31 14:55:23 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 14:56:24 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sun Apr 19 10:19:47 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 10:20:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 06:22:43 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 06:23:32 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 11 16:10:07 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 16:29:04 -0700 2008
"Men at Work" is proof of that love. Mr. Will explores the basic elements of baseball - pitching, hitting, and fielding - with a sophistication unmatched in any ot...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 14:55:38 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 15:08:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 11:48:35 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 11:33:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 26 09:46:26 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 27 18:17:05 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 18:30:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 14 07:43:29 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 06:01:37 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 06:16:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Aug 15 18:40:34 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 18:40:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1991 Tue Apr 29 07:59:02 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 08:01:25 -0700 2008
At one point Will explains Bill James' theory that Napoleon invented relief pitching; that's when you know you aren't reading an every day b...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77772