I think I ordered J.C. Bradbury’s The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed as an Amazon-order-filler to get to the $25 free shipping level. And as such, it’s an OK read.
The book is organized in a Freakanomics-style with a series of stand-alone chapters exploring baseball intricacies with statistical and economic principles. For example, Bradbury discusses his theories as to why there are no left-handed catchers, why there are more bean-balls in the American League, and what impact steroids might have had in recent years.
I was expecting more groundbreaking awesomeness like Moneyball, and The Baseball Economist didn’t really deliver. It was kind of academic. And nearly 100 pages of the 330 page book are dedicated to Appendices and the Index. So it’s a much shorter book than it looks like, but that means it reads pretty quick. I’d say it’s for the hardcore baseball fan or stathead with a econ degree. If you want to read it, I can send you my copy.
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