just let him write what ever he wants. it's better to have some joe, rather than no joe. just like peter gammons.

I figure this thread is as good a place as any for the following question: How far has BP fallen when it is not one of *seven* nominees for "Best Sabermetric Research or Writing Website" in BtB's Sabermetric Writing Awards?

I know BP signed a bunch of that site's nominees for "Best Sabermetric Researcher or Writer." Those folks have already improved the BP site.

But please, bring back Joe Sheehan. The readers want him back. (What's the first comment's rating up to now, +100?) If Sheehan wants to write a book instead of a regular column, just tell us and we'll stop asking for more Prospectus Today. If that's not it, then somebody must figure out how to get Sheehan back.

I love Joe Sheehan's columns and wish they would come back. He's one of the best baseball writers around.

Joe actually stopped doing sabermetric research some time ago. Now he just speaks/rants spoke/ranted for people here. Which is/was fine.

But if Joe did want $$$ such that would mandate dropping a couple other writers, I'll cast my vote for the extra other writers.

Thanks for the heads-up about the book. More thanks for the ETA on PECOTA cards. Now the rest of you can pick up another line of debate that's equally pointless - maybe which Enterprise Captain was cooler on Star Trek or why Fox continues to employ McCarver. None of the griping has settled any of these matters for the better, neither will this.

Kirk, of course. And many TV baseball watching fans are elderly, and appreciate a McCarver who's also been around forever.

Glad I could settle these things for ya. Anything additional you need, lemme know.

Excellent news. I can't wait to read Joe's book. Just to be clear- it's all baseball, right? No college hoops.

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Go with the technical school since it's a 'Labor' Day game. Palm notes, as it's cool watching somebody trying to read with their hand in their face. DH, unless you drink heavily during the game and so have to pee all the time. Then Pitcher ABs help out there.

Looking forward to the book - would be interesting to see what prosy chops Sheehan has when he gets to extend to long-form.
Similarly, would love to read a book by Gammons.
However, I hope BP goes straight to paperback - way less overhead, and more space on my bookshelves.

Aw heck, just self-publish the 600+page BP2010 .... save an entire *forest* through PDFs.

I'm glad Joe is writing a book, if that's what he wants to do.

That being said, given that that book's purpose is to "expand on and update a few dozen signature pieces Joe wrote for BP over the years," I'm unlikely to buy it. I've already read nearly 100% of the columns when they first appeared on the website and I'm seldom inclined to explore the archives to reread his columns, so I doubt I'd buy a book with expanded, updated versions of the same articles. The original content / recycled content ratio doesn't sound very high. For what it's worth, I buy most of the BP baseball books.

PFM update .... PLEASE?

The Untitled, a Joe Sheehan look at the House of Commons!