{"product_id":"sabr-50-at-50-9781496222688","title":"SABR 50 at 50","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSABR 50 at 50\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates and highlights the Society for American Baseball Research’s wide-ranging contributions to the game of baseball.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This compilation, a distillation of all that is important to the society's members . . . showcases the SABRite at his or her baseball-loving, stat-obsessed best.\"—Paul Dickson, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is more than just statistics and formulas. It is a living, breathing history of baseball, with writers passionate about not only preserving the history of the game, but also getting it right.\"—Bob D'Angelo, \u003ci\u003eSports Bookie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well conceived collection of 'the fifty most important contributions' to baseball research.\"—David Pegram, \u003ci\u003eNINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by John Thorn\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Editors’ Note\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ernie Lanigan—Patron Saint of sabr\u003cbr\u003e Frederick G. Lieb\u003cbr\u003e 2. Relative Batting Averages\u003cbr\u003e David Shoebotham\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Best Games Pitched in Relief\u003cbr\u003e L. Robert Davids\u003cbr\u003e 4. The First Negro in Twentieth-Century O.B.\u003cbr\u003e William J. Weiss\u003cbr\u003e 5. Average Batting Skill through Major-League History\u003cbr\u003e Richard D. Cramer\u003cbr\u003e 6. Runs and Wins\u003cbr\u003e Pete Palmer\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ladies and Gentlemen, Presenting Marty McHale\u003cbr\u003e Lawrence S. Ritter\u003cbr\u003e 8. In Pursuit of Bull Durham\u003cbr\u003e Bill Haber\u003cbr\u003e 9. Out at Home\u003cbr\u003e Jerry Malloy\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Federal League and the Courts\u003cbr\u003e Gary D. Hailey\u003cbr\u003e 11. J. Lee Richmond’s Remarkable 1879 Season\u003cbr\u003e John R. Husman\u003cbr\u003e 12. Roy Tucker, Not Roy Hobbs: The Baseball Novels of John R. Tunis\u003cbr\u003e Philip Bergen\u003cbr\u003e 13. Zane Grey’s Redheaded Outfield\u003cbr\u003e Joseph M. Overfield\u003cbr\u003e 14. Honus Wagner’s Rookie Year, 1895\u003cbr\u003e A. D. Suehsdorf\u003cbr\u003e 15. Four Teams Out: The National League Reduction of 1900\u003cbr\u003e Bob Bailey\u003cbr\u003e 16. Jackie Robinson’s Signing: The Real Story\u003cbr\u003e Jules Tygiel and John Thorn\u003cbr\u003e 17. Locating Philadelphia’s Historic Ballfields\u003cbr\u003e Jerrold Casway\u003cbr\u003e 18. Smokey and the Bandit: The Greatest Pitching Duel in Blackball History\u003cbr\u003e Larry Lester\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Evolution of the Baseball Diamond: Perfection Came Slowly\u003cbr\u003e Tom Shieber\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Book\u003cbr\u003e Karl Lindholm\u003cbr\u003e 21. Cricket and Mr. Spalding\u003cbr\u003e Tom Melville\u003cbr\u003e 22. Lifting the Iron Curtain of Cuban Baseball\u003cbr\u003e Peter C. Bjarkman\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Colorado Silver Bullets: Can Promotion Based on the “Battle of the Sexes” Be Successful?\u003cbr\u003e Gai Ingham Berlage\u003cbr\u003e 24. Cy Seymour: Only Babe Ruth Was More Versatile\u003cbr\u003e Bill Kirwin\u003cbr\u003e 25. Free Agency in 1923: A Shocker for Baseball\u003cbr\u003e Steve Steinberg\u003cbr\u003e 26. Hack Wilson’s 191st rbi: A Persistent Itch Finally Scratched\u003cbr\u003e Clifford S. Kachline\u003cbr\u003e 27. John McGraw Comes to New York: The 1902 Giants\u003cbr\u003e Clifford Blau\u003cbr\u003e 28. Underestimating the Fog\u003cbr\u003e Bill James\u003cbr\u003e 29. Which Great Teams Were Just Lucky?\u003cbr\u003e Phil Birnbaum\u003cbr\u003e 30. Why Is the Shortstop “6”?\u003cbr\u003e Keith Olbermann\u003cbr\u003e 31. Do Batters Learn During a Game?\u003cbr\u003e David W. Smith\u003cbr\u003e 32. New Light on an Old Scandal\u003cbr\u003e Gene Carney\u003cbr\u003e 33. Roberto Clemente’s Entry into Organized Baseball\u003cbr\u003e Stew Thornley\u003cbr\u003e 34. The Effects of Integration, 1947–86\u003cbr\u003e Mark Armour\u003cbr\u003e 35. Pots \u0026amp; Pans and Bats \u0026amp; Balls\u003cbr\u003e John Thorn\u003cbr\u003e 36. History vs. Harry Frazee: Re-Revising the History\u003cbr\u003e Daniel R. Levitt, Mark L. Armour, Matthew Levitt\u003cbr\u003e 37. The Quest for Dick McBride\u003cbr\u003e Peter Morris\u003cbr\u003e 38. Zooming In on a Great Old Photo\u003cbr\u003e Mark Fimoff\u003cbr\u003e 39. The Georgia Peach: Stumped by the Storyteller\u003cbr\u003e William R. Cobb\u003cbr\u003e 40. Babe Ruth, Eiji Sawamura, and War\u003cbr\u003e Robert K. Fitts\u003cbr\u003e 41. Lou Gehrig’s rbi Record: 1923–39\u003cbr\u003e Herm Krabbenhoft\u003cbr\u003e 42. Clutch Hitting in the Major Leagues: A Psychological Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Leonard S. Newman\u003cbr\u003e 43. Do Hitters Boost Their Performance during Their Contract Years? Evidence from the 2006–11 Collective Bargaining Agreement’s Years Says “Yes”\u003cbr\u003e Heather M. O’Neill\u003cbr\u003e 44. The Double Victory Campaign and the Campaign to Integrate Baseball\u003cbr\u003e Duke Goldman\u003cbr\u003e 45. The Black Sox Scandal\u003cbr\u003e William F. Lamb\u003cbr\u003e 46. Bill McKechnie\u003cbr\u003e Warren Corbett\u003cbr\u003e 47. The Roster Depreciation Allowance: How Major League Baseball Teams Turn Profits into Losses\u003cbr\u003e Stephen R. Keeney\u003cbr\u003e 48. Professional Woman Umpires\u003cbr\u003e Leslie Heaphy\u003cbr\u003e 49. The Struggle to Define “Valuable”: Tradition vs. Sabermetrics in the 2012 al mvp Race\u003cbr\u003e Peter B. Gregg\u003cbr\u003e 50. From Usenet Joke to Baseball Flashpoint: The Growth of “Three True Outcomes”\u003cbr\u003e D. B. Firstman","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409232142679,"sku":"9781496222688","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496222688.jpg?v=1730506063","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sabr-50-at-50-9781496222688","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}