Back to the Works of Bill James
The Baseball Book 1990
- Divided into three parts:
- Part One: Teams
- Part Two: People
- Part Three: Players
Ghosts, ix
Acknowledgements, xiii
Introduction, xvii
Part One : Teams
- Cactus, 3
- Under the Volcanoes, 6
- Volcanic Addendum, 7
- Life After Death?, 7
- Overnight Reconstruction, 9
- Regarding Hal "9,000" Morris, 12
- Bright Lights, Small City, 13
- Say No to Rugs, 14
- All Those Damned Injuries, 15
- The Best, 17
- Lovullo-Brown Syndrome Stikes Again, 21
- Duel, 22
- A Cub Fan Copes with Reality, 26
- Miracle Week in Houston, 27
- On a Downhill Roll, 28
- Giant Steps, 30
- The Parity Party, 32
- Omaha, 35
- Four Men Out, 36
- The Pagliarulo Rule, 38
- Intermezzo, 39
- The Gerbil Strikes Back, 40
- Quickie, 42
- Let's Get Famous Floyds, 43
- The Bucs Stopped, 44
- Sour Music, 46
- Ignore This Argument, 47
- The Young and the Defenseless, 48
- Some Heroes and Goats, 52
- Wishing Upon the Stars, 56
- Great Expectations, 58
- The Same Old Tribe, 59
- The New Warden, 60
- Dodging Bullets?, 61
- Stretch Drive Notes, 63
- Philadelphia, 65
- A Cubs Fan Shares His Quiet Satisfaction, 66
- Stretch Drive Notes, 66
- Bosox Bashing- Each Other, 67
- Stretch Drive Notes, 69
- Stretch Drive Notes, 70
- What We Won't Remember About the '89 Orioles, 71
- Braves New World, 73
- Yesterday's Weapons, Today's War, 75
- Schott Dead - Marginally, 76
- Stretch Drive Notes, 77
- Stretch Drive Notes, 78
- Herzog's Bellow, 79
- Angels Not Yet on High, 81
- Playoff Ponderings, 84
- Series Soundings, 89
Part Two: People
- Bill Clark, 93
- Tony Muser, 105
- John Morris, 112
- Hal McRae, 116
- Matt Winters, 122
- The Dowd Report, 126
- The War Between the Leagues, 141
- Winning Twenty, 157
- Biographies, 161
- Henry Aaron - Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson
Part Three: Players
- 1990 Draft Adviser, 259
- Don Aase - Paul Zuvella
Note to the Readers, 343