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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Baseball Abstract, 1983

By Tangotiger, 09:45 AM

When I was a kid in the summer of 1984, a friend lent me the Bill James’ Baseball Abstract, and I was hooked.  I’d go to the bookstore downtown every weekend in the spring, waiting for the latest edition.  1985.  1986. 1987. 1988.  Last year, I stumbled upong the 1982 edition in the library.  And yesterday, I got the 1983 edition via Amazon.  (Shouldn’t Bill James be turning all his old Abstracts into print-on-demand?  If ever there was a case for POD for old books, there it is.)

The good old days were then.  For those who don’t have a copy, I suggest reading the summary, and Lederer’s commentary here:

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Baseball Abstract, 1983