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the book the book articles blog about us buy the book from amazon read customer reviews chapter excerpts sports illustrated relievers and the three run lead hardball times pitching around batters chapter previews foreword by pete palmer preface 1 tools 2 streaks 3 batter pitcher matchups 4 clutch 5 batting order 6 platooning 7 starting pitchers 8 relief pitchers 9 sacrifice bunt 10 intentional walks 11 base stealing 12 game theory appendix list of tables a portion of the proceeds will be donated to retrosheet without which the research for the book would not have been possible about the authors home contact us 2006 tma press the unwritten book is finally written an in depth analysis of the sacrifice bunt the intentional base on balls optimizing a batting lineup hot and cold streaks clutch performance platooning strategies batter pitcher matchups much more a must read for any coach manager or front office executive the casual to the obsessed baseball fan will also find this book jam packed with the most complete analysis of baseball strategies ever compiled in one volume written by three esteemed sabermetricians the book continues where the legendary bill james abstracts and palmer and thorn s the hidden game of baseball left off over twenty years ago a revolutionary way to think about baseball with principles that can be applied at every level from high school to the major leagues excerpts from the book batting order if nothing else we will consider this book a true success if all thirty teams were to never put a below average hitter in the second spot while the proper strategy will only gain you a few runs why do something that is otherwise clearly wrong the sacrifice bunt if you were to ask almost any manager whether he would rather advance the runner to second in exchange for an out or have the batter attempt a sacrifice how do you think he would respond if you answered take the guaranteed sacrifice we think that you would be right what a poor decision that would be it s not even close batter pitcher matchups luis gonzalez against the one guy he owned in the previous eighteen pa the one guy that he took to the cleaners more often than any other pitcher he s faced the one pitcher that any hitter has taken advantage of more than any other pitcher in baseball crumbled in his sight for the next twelve pa customer reviews from around the web offers several provocative notions aimed at shaking up how teams think about the sport russell adams excerpted from wall street journal it is the presentation of this pragmatic and supportive evidence which makes tango lichtman and dolphin s work here peerless i found the chapters on batting order construction and sacrifice batting to be so edifying that they should be considered as must reading for every g m and field manager in major league baseball i feel that anyone who likes to consider themselves to be an analytical baseball fan will want to look at this book steve lombardi excerpted from netshrine i can heartily recommend a couple of books that are on my desk right now john dewan s the fielding bible and a book called the book playing the percentages in baseball by a trio of talented sabermetricians both are to my mind essential rob neyer author of neyer james guide to pitchers excerpted from espn chat it s the book i ve always wanted to do john dewan author of the fielding bible personal message their analysis of the sacrifice bunt stolen base intentional walk and pitchout are more thorough then any i have seen construction of the lineup including platooning and the use of starting and relief pitchers provide some fascinating results as well pete palmer author of the hidden game of baseball excerpted from foreword in the book simply awesome arguably the most important sabermetric publication since the hidden game of baseball break new ground on pretty much every subject part of the joy of reading the book is the feeling of discovering and learning alongside the authors the writing is so lucid and exact that a layman with a bit of time on his hands is perfectly capable of picking up the main points topics such as regression to the mean and markov chains are explained succinctly yet with clarity that a book like this so often lacks j beamer excerpted from baseball strategy written with an almost unheard of level of depth and expertise there s an unbelievable wealth of information will carroll author of saving the pitcher excerpted from baseball toaster readers of the book will be attracted to the content rather than the expression the authors chose in pitching the level of the book to emphasize accessiblity over technical rigour and clarity this was probably a wise choice michael green excerpted from batters box their analysis is as thorough as i ve seen anywhere i highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in baseball analysis and managerial strategy lee panas excerpted from tiger tales it represents a tremendous amount of work and discusses for the first time some very interesting topics it is by far the best book to come out this year m d excerpted from baseball fever enjoyed it tremendously i don t know which one of you guys came up with the layout of the book but extra kudos to them as well the play by play data use was definitely what i like to see in statistical analysis in other words thanks for the memorable book u excerpted from baseball fever for now i m only 84 pages into the book and all i can say is wow o excerpted from onlybucs the book is simply awesome the toolshed chapter is all stuff i know but it is written in such a succinct and pithy way that i find i just want to re read it over and over all the other chapters ok i am only three in are cutting edge thought provoking and also extremely well written j b excerpted from fanhome i m devouring the book the batting order chapter is spectacular on another site they have written a book that every baseball manager and general manager should read perhaps the best book of its kind since the hidden game of baseball dave studeman hit the lineup chapter first last night if the rest of the book is that good it will be very enjoyable its clear and well layed out information is presented well and is easy to understand c j m excerpted from fanhome i got mine today and i m already about 120 pages in it s spectacular tango mitchel and andy have done a great job and later i have about 70 pages left and i ve been absorbing the book i m taking a stats class right now and i skipped doing the homework to read an extra chapter last night hey i ll probably learn more from your appendix than i have all year in this class david gassko it was a great idea to focus on the strategies of the game instead of things like what is the best run estimator and what is the best defensive stat it produces a certain focus and organizing principle and later the book is of course excellent d s this book is easy to read it s well written and surprisingly none of the chapters are overly technical this is quite a feat the explanations are clear and i think the appendix is the only section of the book that requires more than high school level mathematics and even that s debatable it s just a thoughtful book about baseball strategy if any of you out there haven t bought the book because you re uncomfortable with advanced statistics or game theory don t let that stop you from buying this book it s very accessible b m got my copy and am really enjoying it great work g m i m just five chapters in but the book is highly engaging so far well done b h w i just finished the book this morning and would like to give a big thanks to the authors to anyone who is interested in baseball and doesn t own it yet buy it i was equivocating but after reading some of the initial reaction here i couldn t resist and haven t been disappointed in the least g b have only praise for its authors i hope sabermetricians read the book and don t waste their energy and time duplicating what tango mgl and dolphin have already and splendidly accomplished s h i think the book is outstanding the book rocks h w have only praise for its authors if i can follow it then most people can do the same i hope sabermetricians read the book and don t waste their energy and time duplicating what tango mgl and dolphin have already and splendidly accomplished s h i want to express how much i appreciated the clarity of the writing in the book which allowed even a baseball psuedofan like me to understand everything easily the toolshed chapter opened my eyes and the appendix soothed my very soul i k excerpted from fanhome i m up to chapter 6 so far and it s some fascinating stuff highly recommended joshua lapo read the first four chapters or so like it a lot so far it is very statistical at the same time as not bogging down the reader with the in depth math kenny canfield excerpted from usenet i am in the middle of reading and am enjoying it a great deal t r a fantastic read so far love the writing style it s very easy to follow derek snyder i got the book a week or two ago and have been slowly reading since i am greatly enjoying it and am learning quite a bit about sabermetric analysis which is nice deepak ramani to me the beauty of the book is that you can make it as simple or as complicated as you re comfortable with read only their conclusions and you ll already be a smarter fan prefer to go deeper and you ll see just how they connected the dots my copy s getting dog eared and the season hasn t even begun yet rick o dell radio host i really enjoyed the book dan fox e mail messages