Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball
https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Baseball-Behind-Ruining-Running/dp/0062490222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498594940&sr=8-1&keywords=smart+baseball
Any good? Thoughts?
A lot of my online friends at the Big Blue Wrecking Crew (Dodgers fan board since the late 1990's) really don't respect Law's opinions. Reasons range from being wrong a LOT about prospects; bouncing back and forth between opinions; misunderstanding the newer metrics; and on and on. I personally never read him because he was so disliked. ESPN may be the biggest in sporting news, but they're not at all the best. And Keith Law's reputation precedes him enough for me not to go searching specifically for his input.
That's awfully short sighted . . . I always go to straight to Keith Law for information.
There are few sports writer's with better insight into restaurants, recipes and literature reviews.
I haven't yet, but I probably will give it a try at some point.
But yeah, a lot of the guys he's hyped as prospects haven't panned out. But that doesn't mean I ignore him. And the book seems interesting, even if it's not new information.
I tried to read some of this, but only made it a couple chapters. Let me recap - batting average, pitcher wins, RBI, saves, sac bunts, stolen bases (unless you steal at a very high percentage) = bad. On-base %, WAR, FiP = good. Got it...
Honestly, I didn't even make it that far...
Eye-opening, cutting edge stuff, I tell ya.