![]() ![]() ![]() Now Taking the Field is a book like that. I like baseball books that you can randomly open to any page and read, that you don’t have to start at the beginning and read to the end. I’m a big fan of Rob’s writing, it’s been way too long since we’ve had a book from it. Who knows, maybe they are right this time. Back in 1969 15% of pitchers were listed as being shorter than 6 foot (of course there has always been a fair bit of lying) and now it is 8%.Īnd he writes about bigger issues, the shift, how power has be come such a bigger part of the game and how baseball writers since the dawn of time, have been telling us that baseball is dying. ![]() There are little bits, like back in 1969 17% of pitchers were 6’4” or over, now it is 30%. ![]() He uses the game as a background to discuss the changes in the game since Moneyball. He frames it around watching a single game, a game from September 8th, 2017, Houston Astros visiting the Oakland A’s. Rob writes about changes in the game of baseball in the past little while. Here are a few that I have read or I am reading: I like getting books for Christmas and, of course, I like baseball books. With Christmas being less than two weeks away (Christmas is two weeks away? Excuse me I have to run to the store), I thought we could talk about our favorite baseball books of the year. ![]()
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