Coming down the pike

October 24, 2013

It used to be that you had to wait until spring to enjoy books about the previous season. Now, thanks in part to real-time statistical studies and improved publishing capabilities, it’s just a matter of how fast fast the writer/outlet can get their material to the printer.

Case in point: the The Bill James Handbook, published by ACTA Sports, will be out on Nov. 1. That’s barely time for the World Series trophy to get cold. Personally, I miss their Bill James Gold Mine, which contained more commentary and was more akin to the old BJ Abstracts.

Meanwhile, Baseball Prospectus is hard at work on their big project coming out in February.

While not an “annual,” as someone with deep roots in Montreal, I’m greatly looking forward to Jonah Keri’s “definitive history,”  Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos.

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