April 10, 2008
Legendary Review
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
presents Rob Neyer at his best. My first exposure to Rob's work came from his contributions to Bill James's Baseball Books, where Neyer wrote sidebars tracking down these types of stories. Now with Retrosheet at his disposal, Rob can do even better work. He tracks down home run banter between Fred Haney and Babe Ruth. He discovers if Munson dropped third strikes so he could pull ahead of Fisk in assists. He examines bean balls and Bob Feller's wildness.
All the while Rob's conversational tone makes you think you're sitting there talking baseball with a fellow fan. For those of you who want to know if announcers are telling true stories or embellishing the facts, Baseball Legends is for you.
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