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Monday, November 17, 2008

The Return of the Baseball Abstract?  No, the next best thing…

By Tangotiger, 10:16 AM

I always believed that the reason that the Abstract had such impact, beyond the obvious brilliance of James as a writer, is the timelessness of the subject matter.  I can (and have) picked up the Abstracts today of twenty years past, and it is still riveting.

I have not yet seen the latest Hardball Times annual, but studes promises it is even better than any previous editions, and I loved the previous editions.  I also thank studes for including my article in the same book as our nation’s best sports blogger, Joe Posnanski.  (I’d call him our best sportswriter, but the pool of available talent is greater in the blogging world.)

If you buy it via Amazon, as opposed as through the publisher, take half the money you saved on the deal ($13.77 savings if you manage to get the Amazon Supersaver Shipping), and make a donation directly to Hardball Times (donation button at bottom right of the page).

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