<![CDATA[ACTA Sports: New Products - Essays]]> https://actasports.com Sat, 09 May 2026 05:01:27 +0000 <![CDATA[Fools Rush Inn]]> https://actasports.com/fools-rush-inn/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:52:58 +0000 https://actasports.com/fools-rush-inn/ Fools Rush Inn

The 18 articles included are:

-Dividing Baseball History into Eras -Classical Sport -Big Game Pitchers -Going Out on Top -Let Me Offend You -Hot Hand Question -Jumping the Fictional Shark -The Analogy of the Fisherman -Mindless Education -The 300-Win Pool -The Standards of a Hall of Fam..

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The 18 articles included are:

-Dividing Baseball History into Eras -Classical Sport -Big Game Pitchers -Going Out on Top -Let Me Offend You -Hot Hand Question -Jumping the Fictional Shark -The Analogy of the Fisherman -Mindless Education -The 300-Win Pool -The Standards of a Hall of Fam..

Price: $16.95

]]> The 18 articles included are:

-Dividing Baseball History into Eras -Classical Sport -Big Game Pitchers -Going Out on Top -Let Me Offend You -Hot Hand Question -Jumping the Fictional Shark -The Analogy of the Fisherman -Mindless Education -The 300-Win Pool -The Standards of a Hall of Fam..]]> <![CDATA[Solid Fool's Gold]]> https://actasports.com/solid-fools-gold/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:52:58 +0000 https://actasports.com/solid-fools-gold/ Since he first began publishing his Baseball Abstracts in the 1980's, Bill James has constantly challenged conventional wisdom by asking simple questions like, “Is that really true?” or “What if we looked at the question this way?” He has sparked a virtual revolution in the way the game of baseball is understood and played, from how players are evaluated or positioned to whether or not they should attempt to bunt or steal a base. In Solid Fool’s Gold James is still asking questions.

 

Since he first began publishing his Baseball Abstracts in the 1980s, Bill James has constantly challenged conventional wisdom by asking simple questions like, "Is that really true?" or "What if we looked at the question this way?" He has sparked a ..

Price: $16.95

]]> Since he first began publishing his Baseball Abstracts in the 1980's, Bill James has constantly challenged conventional wisdom by asking simple questions like, “Is that really true?” or “What if we looked at the question this way?” He has sparked a virtual revolution in the way the game of baseball is understood and played, from how players are evaluated or positioned to whether or not they should attempt to bunt or steal a base. In Solid Fool’s Gold James is still asking questions.

 

Since he first began publishing his Baseball Abstracts in the 1980s, Bill James has constantly challenged conventional wisdom by asking simple questions like, "Is that really true?" or "What if we looked at the question this way?" He has sparked a ..

Price: $16.95

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Since he first began publishing his Baseball Abstracts in the 1980s, Bill James has constantly challenged conventional wisdom by asking simple questions like, "Is that really true?" or "What if we looked at the question this way?" He has sparked a ..]]> <![CDATA[How Bill James Changed Our View of Baseball]]> https://actasports.com/how-bill-james-changed-our-view-of-baseball/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:52:48 +0000 https://actasports.com/how-bill-james-changed-our-view-of-baseball/ Named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine, Bill James changed the way we view baseball forever using, what he termed, sabermetrics which scientifically analyzes and studies baseball through statistical data. A historian, statistician, and writer, he has written over two dozen books. He is currently the Senior Baseball Operations Advisor for the Boston Red Sox.