This has cropped up before but thought it was worth its own thread. I just dipped into it, not enough to do the work justice by any means.
But one thing jumped out at me, and it's kind of my problem with the book. Mention's made of a committe (under Selig or someone?) which reported that the disparity in wages paid was very bad for the sport. The author categorises this as "the establishment view". Is that really so? Unlike Premiership football, the establishment actually wants to be egalitarian?
I'll have more of that. Despite what the author thinks, one poor team doing very well won't change my view. The book seems a bit of a rightwing Trojan horse in my view.
As for the baseball tactics, that was indeed fascinating. But don't others pick up on what the A's have done and improve?
But one thing jumped out at me, and it's kind of my problem with the book. Mention's made of a committe (under Selig or someone?) which reported that the disparity in wages paid was very bad for the sport. The author categorises this as "the establishment view". Is that really so? Unlike Premiership football, the establishment actually wants to be egalitarian?
I'll have more of that. Despite what the author thinks, one poor team doing very well won't change my view. The book seems a bit of a rightwing Trojan horse in my view.
As for the baseball tactics, that was indeed fascinating. But don't others pick up on what the A's have done and improve?
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