Bibliograph

The Cooperstown casebook, who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, who should be in, and who should pack their plaques, Jay Jaffe ; foreword by Peter Gammons

Type

Label

The Cooperstown casebook, who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, who should be in, and who should pack their plaques, Jay Jaffe ; foreword by Peter Gammons

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-430) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Cooperstown casebook

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

957021672

Responsibility statement

Jay Jaffe ; foreword by Peter Gammons

Sub title

who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, who should be in, and who should pack their plaques

Summary

The Cooperstown Casebook by Jay Jaffe provides a definitive guide to the greatest players in baseball history, and the Hall of Fame

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Why care about the Hall of Fame? -- Part I: Battles and WARs -- The ins and outs of the Hall of Fame -- Stat school -- Swimming with JAWS -- How voters put third base in a corner -- The hall of cronyism -- Blyleven, Morris, and the war on WAR -- Booms, busts, bottlenecks, and ballot reform -- This is your ballot on drugs -- Part II: Around the diamond -- Catchers -- First basemen -- Second basemen -- Shortstops -- Third basemen -- Leftfielders -- Centerfielders -- Rightfielders -- Starting pitchers -- Relief pitchers -- Slouching toward Cooperstown

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Contributor