Title: Too Heavy on Metrics
Product review: I'll start with the good:1. Covers the entire timeline of the sport2. Makes convincing arguments with his metricsThe bad:1. Book gets boring after the first few chapters. The best parts are about the origins of the sport as they are more descriptive rather than the stat-heavy parts later on.2. Book is stat-heavy and omits many of the magical moments of the game. For instance he doesn't even mention Hershiser's 1988 season or Kirk Gibson's World Series homerun. Not to mention Vin Scully is not even mentioned in the book. Vin Scully was only named best sportscaster of the century by the ASA! Admittedly I grew up a Dodgers fan but to not include stuff like this is inexcusable from such a big book that claims to cover the history of the sport.I came away feeling empty reading this book and felt it was a waste of time. I was left wondering if the author even watches baseball games, or just compiles box scores?
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