A book for sports fans who like numbers (893 Views)
Posted by:
derby1592 (IP Logged)
Date: August 26, 2002 04:36AM
For those who like to waste time debating about sports stats and topics such as "who was better, Mantle or Mays," I recommend the new book by Allen Barra (the baseball stat guy from the Village Voice).
Chapters include among others:
"Getting Tough with Babe Ruth"
"Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays"
"Juan Marichal and Bob Gibson"
"Wilt vs. Russell"
I don't want to give anything away but HP may not agree with a lot of what is written in the chapter on Ruth.
Unfortunately, the following chapters were not included in the book:
"Secretariat vs Man o War"
"Arcaro vs Cordero"
"Ruffian vs Personal Ensign"
I am sure you can add to the list. Looks to me like there is still room for a "numbers" book looking back at racing greats (running, riding, training, breeding). I wonder who could write that book? It would have to be somebody with good performance figures and good statistical data...
Chris