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Title: The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2003 by David S. Neft, Michael L. Neft, Richard M. Cohen ISBN: 0-312-30478-1 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Book, But...
Comment: I bought the 2003 edition of The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball today, & as usual am overall pleased with the wealth of information in this very valuable book. However, there are a few problems which the editors need to resolve for future editions.This series has always been plagued by poor editing & typos, & the 2003 edition is no exception. In fact, there is one HUGE error that should never have gotten past whoever edited this edition. Turn to page 700 & you'll see it: instead of the statistics for the 2002 NL Championship Series between St. Louis & San Francisco the ones for the 2001 NLCS between Arizona & Atlanta have been reprinted. Someone should have caught this major blunder.Since this annual series does have typos & errors (what book with so much info doesn't?) the editors should provide their readers with an e-mail or snail mail address to notify them of mistakes so they can be corrected. I was able to do so in the 1980s & several errors were corrected. I hope the editors will be open to input from their readers once again, for that only strengthens the factual integrity of the book.I'm sure there are other mistakes but the one above is the reason I give The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2003 a rating of 4 instead of 5. It will make a good addition to your baseball reference library, but it's probably a good idea to have another encylopedia handy to doublecheck the info. Trust, but verify, with all these huge statistical books, I say.
Rating: 4
Summary: my review was for the 2000 edition
Comment: I published a review for the 2000 edition of this book not 2001 or 2002. Many of the reviews listed under this edition are for earlier editions and some comments may not pertain. Books like this one can change dramatically from year to year. Errors could be corrected, new errors introduced and there is always a whole new season of statistics that has an effect on the flavor of the book. For instance 2002 was the year that Bonds broke McGwire's homerun record, so I am sure that there is coverage of that. These books are not worth buying every year. But these authors do a credible job and I would expect this to be of similar quality to the one I own. I would suggest buying a copy once every 5 years if you are a baseball enthusiast and only every year if you are a fanatic. However for sports statistic fanatics it may be that Total Baseball has more information.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great source for everything since 1901...
Comment: This book does a great job of giving a one-source place to see how every player did for a particular team in a particular year.
If you're not particularly interested in what happened before 1901, this is a must-have. But being an amateur student of 19th century baseball, I do wish they'd expand their coverage to at least go back to 1876, including the start of the National League, and include other recognized major leagues before 1901 (the American Association, Players League and Union Association).
I give it five stars for what it does since 1901. But because "major league" baseball goes back to 1876 and arguably 1871 (with the National Association), I have to take a star away because it feels "incomplete."
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Title: The Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book, 2003 Edition by Sporting News ISBN: 0892047003 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Distributed Products Pub. Date: 15 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James ISBN: 0743227220 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 13 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups : A Complete Guide to the Best, Worst, and Most Memorable Players to Ever Grace the Major Leagues by Rob Neyer ISBN: 0743241746 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 02 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Official Major League Baseball Fact Book, 2003 Edition by Sporting News, Major League Baseball ISBN: 0892047011 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Distributed Products Pub. Date: 03 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Baseball America 2004 Almanac : A Comprehensive Review of the 2003 Season by The Editors of Baseball America ISBN: 0945164238 Publisher: Baseball America Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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