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Title: Stats 2000 Diamond Chronicles by Don Zminda, Jim Callis, Thom Henninger, Chuck Miller, Tony Mistler, STATS Inc ISBN: 1-884064-78-7 Publisher: STATS Inc. Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: The Best, The Brightest, The Most Anal Minds In Baseball
Comment: These yearly books are a lot of fun. It takes you through a myriad of emotions. There are times when your amazed by the insight and other times when your laughing at these guys screaming at the book, "Get a life". They take a few tangents but I find that more interesting. The book is taken from a series of email communications over a baseball season. The cast of characters has some of the finest and most well known baseball minds in the game, Bill James the most noteworthy, Don Zminda the most insightful and balanced. Like any good soap opera, you'll have characters you like and ones you want to strangle. Several of these guys suffer from OCD type symptoms, but they are lovable nerds. I've read several of these books through the years and as Stats Inc. becomes bigger, I notice they begin to sound a tad more elitest. They totally missed the big market - small market debate as guys like Costas saw it comming before these guys noticed. I guess they need to take their heads out of the computer and talk to a human being every once in awhile.

Rating: 4
Summary: Entertaining Reading
Comment: Like reading a bunch of newspaper columns written during the course of a baseball season. Sometimes the writers get off on tangents but for the most part, it is interesting. I enjoyed the bits about Hall Of Fame selection, challengers to Hank Aaron's HR record, and Griffey going to the Reds. I didn't give this book five stars because I guess I'm more into reading about the stats and their implications (see Baseball Scoreboard). HOwever, more often than not, it is a fun read.