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02932aam a2200337 i 4500 001 706926DEB18111ECB5BF500951ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220401010114 008 191209t20202020nyua 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1635766591 020 $a 9781635766592 035 $a (OCoLC)1134531314 040 $a TOH $b eng $e rda $c TOH $d BDX $d GK8 $d ZQP $d ABJ $d OCLCF $d CLE $d LS@ $d SILO 050 4 $a GV877 $b .R55 2020 082 $a 796.357 $2 23 100 1 $a Ripken, Bill, $e author. 245 10 $a State of play : $b the old school guide to new school baseball / $c Bill Ripken. 250 $a First Diversion Books edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Diversion Books, $c 2020. 300 $a xxix, 209 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a This book is a memorial. It is not available for interlibrary loans, except at the discretion of the director. 520 $a "Advanced statistics and new terminology have taken hold of baseball today, but do they accurately reflect the reality of the game? A baseball lifer states his case. America's favorite pastime is enduring an assault of new thoughts and ideas. In recent years, the sabermetrics and analytics craze has infiltrated Major League Baseball -- from its front offices to dugouts to clubhouses to media covering both, inciting a baseball culture war. New phrases like 'launch angle,' 'spin rate,' and 'pitch framing' have entered the vocabulary, often with little real meaning when it comes to how the game is actually played on the field. No more. In State of Play, twelve-year Major League veteran, Emmy Award-winning MLB Network analyst, and bestselling author Bill Ripken breaks down these modern statistical methods to explain which ones make sense in the game's historical context, bringing them together with proven old-school strategies. He simplifies those sabermetric terms hastily added to the baseball lexicon without being fully realized, taking new-school confusion out of old-school baseball's tried-and-true common sense. In the end, he unites the teachings of each school to show fans of both how to listen to and understand the game as it's played today and how it should be played moving forward. From a true baseball lifer and member of baseball's first family, State of Play offers a fascinating insider's look at how to reconcile years of historical tradition with the rules and trends of the new millennium. As Ripken sees it: the game inside the game cannot be measured by a spreadsheet -- but it can be measured by a qualified, crusty baseball man. Play ball." -- $c From publisher's description. 500 $a Includes index. 650 0 $a Baseball. 650 0 $a Baseball $x Statistical methods. 650 0 $a Baseball $x Mathematical models. 941 $a 2 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611022148.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909061307.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=706926DEB18111ECB5BF500951ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b LS@Initiate Another SILO Locator Search