2002 in Baseball - Books

Books

  • The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine, an autobiography by Fay Vincent.
  • Summerland, a novel by Michael Chabon.
  • Win Shares, by Bill James, presenting the sabermetrician's new system for evaluating player performance.

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