Baseball Prospectus 2009: The Essential Guide to the 2009 Baseball Season

Steven Goldman

As we approach spring this old man’s thoughts turn to baseball. The thing I miss most in winter is the absence of baseball. Every winter is a winter of discontent for me. You may quote me that “the perfection of baseball is proof positive there is a benevolent and caring God who created this universe and this planet”.

If you like, enjoy, and appreciate baseball even ¼ as much as I do, then you will be well served to buy and read Baseball Prospectus 2009: The Essential Guide to the 2009 Baseball Season.

Baseball, among the so-called major spectator team sports, stands alone as having no clock. In baseball you cannot “be saved by the bell”. Additionally baseball often comes down to mano a mano confrontations between the pitcher and the batter. Baseball involves many managerial decisions about personnel and strategy that are open to second guessing. But above all, baseball has become a game of “statistics”. If you want to understand how modern general managers and managers analyze performance and probabilities you must read this book to gain important insights.

Get prepared for 2009. This in depth book covers everything you would want or need to know about each team and every player and prospect in the majors today and in the next couple of years. The most important thing is that it is also lots of fun to read.

Review by Len Oppenheim