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Touching Second: The Science of Baseball
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342 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1910
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July 23, 2013
More than anything just enjoyed it because I can't get enough of stories about games and played in the Deadball era.
The idea that Evers himself was the writer is pretty much a joke. Considering the average education level of ball players in the early 20th century, coupled with how many times Evers would've been ahead of his times in referring to himself in the 3rd position, it's fairly evident that Hugh S. Fullerton did all the writing here. Maybe he picked Evers' brain here and there, but that's probably par for the course when it comes to most sport biographies.
Some interesting stuff in here, though, in the ways of analytics. You start to realize the hubbub (yes, I said "hubbub") over sabrmetrics isn't all that different from people's concerns that the game was getting too scientific even 100 years ago. As with most things it seems there's nothing new under the sun and much ado about nothing.
The game will survive.
The idea that Evers himself was the writer is pretty much a joke. Considering the average education level of ball players in the early 20th century, coupled with how many times Evers would've been ahead of his times in referring to himself in the 3rd position, it's fairly evident that Hugh S. Fullerton did all the writing here. Maybe he picked Evers' brain here and there, but that's probably par for the course when it comes to most sport biographies.
Some interesting stuff in here, though, in the ways of analytics. You start to realize the hubbub (yes, I said "hubbub") over sabrmetrics isn't all that different from people's concerns that the game was getting too scientific even 100 years ago. As with most things it seems there's nothing new under the sun and much ado about nothing.
The game will survive.
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