playing in Great American Ball Park next season. Books The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine, an autobiography by Fay Vincent. Summerland, a novel by Michael Chabon. Win Shares, by Bill James, presenting the sabermetrician's new system for evaluating player performance. Moneyball, by Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, presenting the A's statistical method to the 2002 season. Movies Bleacher Bums (TV) The Rookie (2002 film) Births January January 24 - Carson Tucker January 29 - Ed Howard IV March March 25 - Pete Crow-Armstrong April April 2 - Nick Yorke May May 22 - Jordan Walker June June 16 - Nick Bitsko Deaths January January 2 – Bob Stevens, 85, sportswriter for the San Francisco Chronicle for over 40 years. January 3 – Al Smith, 73, three-time All-Star outfielder who, after three seasons in the Negro leagues, spent 12 years (1953–1964) in the American League with four different clubs, chiefly the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox; member of two pennant-winners: the 1954 Indians, who won a then-AL record 111 games, and 1959 White Sox. January 4 – Adrián Zabala, 85, Cuban pitcher who played for the New York Giants in the 1945 and 1949 seasons, and also one of the players barred from organized baseball in 1946 by Commissioner of Baseball Happy Chandler for jumping to the Mexican League. January 6 – Fred Taylor, 77, first baseman who played from 1950 through 1952 for the Washington Senators. January 7 – Hal Marnie, 83, backup infielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in part of three seasons spanning 1940–1942. January 24 – Irene Kotowicz, 82, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher. January 26 – Ray Yochim, 79, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1948 to 1949. January 27 – Reggie Sanders, 52, first baseman for the 1974 Detroit Tigers, who hit a home run off pitcher Catfish Hunter in his first major league at bat. January 31 – Harry Chiti, 69, catcher for the Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers and New York Mets in a span of ten seasons from 1950 to 1962; regarded as a specialist in catching knuckleball pitchers. February February 2 – Andy Hansen, 77, pitcher who played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies over all or parts of nine seasons from 1944 to 1953. February 3 – Mel McGaha, 75, manager of the Cleveland Indians (1962) and Kansas City Athletics