Title: I Just Don't Get the Hype
Product review: I've been devouring sabermetrics, at least of the mass variety, since I first started reading Bill James in the 80s. The Number 1 thing I learned from Bill is to ask useful questions, then define the parameters, then do the research and find the conclusions. While "The Book" is set up to appear to follow that thread, the questions are stilted, the parameters are (mostly) asinine, and so the conclusions - although the research is fabulously thorough - are fatuous and irrelevant. It has taken me weeks to slog my way through this book, because every time I pick it up the presumptions tick me off.The 2 stars are for the research. If there had only been the research without the silly conceit, I probably would have awarded 4 stars. The parameters of the research would still limit their usefulness. Save your money.
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