Neyer’s latest is the subject of many glowing reviews, including:
- From Ducksnorts, a Padres-based blog, “I’m struck by three elements of Neyer’s work: how thorough his research is, how tightly the book’s layout integrates with its content, and how much he enjoys these stories even as he attempts to debunk them.”
- From River Ave. Blues, A Yankees blog, “this type of text isn’t for everyone. Some people want to go on believing these stories of heroes in eternal bliss. No problem there. But for some of us, the truth adds another dynamic to the stories. If you’re of this ilk, then read on, because “Legends” is quite the fun read.”
- From The Hardball Times, “The book largely defies reviewing. Do you think you’d enjoy a book where someone takes old baseball stories and checks them against the factual record? Then you’ll probably enjoy reading it….If you think it sounds like nitpicking and excessive debunking, buy something else.”
- From Shysterball, “Baseball Legends represents that rare ground upon which the old school and the sabermetricians can meet and find some semblance of a consensus, with the former enjoying the colorful tales and personalities which populate them while the latter can find satisfaction in the analytical, Retrosheet-fueled certainty of each story’s denouement.”
- From the Portland Tribune, “There’s a lot of BS out there.” (More of a profile of the author than a review.)
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