Comments on: Meet-up Wrap-up

By: Jonah Keri

Jonah Keri — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:56:33 +0000

Deanna,

I can tell you that the tentative plan for Baseball Between The Numbers calls for the signing to be at Elliott Bay. Meanwhile if there is a BP06 signing, it’ll likely be at Third Place. This is basically because those books have 2 different publishers, each with existing relationships with those stores. I don’t how, if at all, that would affect a potential book club, but there you are.

My WAG is Elliott Bay would get a better turnout, esp if linked to M’s games. Third Place is a little out of the way for many, which makes it doubly gratifying when there’s such a good turnout, on a cold Saturday night no less.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:35:57 +0000

So, as a vague tangent: for a baseball book club, which would be a better venue? Elliott Bay (for the proximity to Safeco, could meet before games in the summer) or Third Place (for more parking and better cafe)? I’m really going to try to get something rolling in the next few months, hopefully before Jonah’s “everything you wanted to know about baseball but were afraid to ask” book comes out.

I figure enough of us read tons of baseball books (as evidenced by talking to some of you at Third Place), why not get together and swap some and discuss?

By: rcc

rcc — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:06:53 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Saturday “event”…..and Jeff and Jonah were both great at answering questions, and keeping the conversation(s) flowing.

By: Revenant Edgar

Revenant Edgar — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:38:47 +0000

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll be the guy in the back wearing the AÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s hat.

Just try, try! I dare you to get past the USSM bouncer.

By: JPWood

JPWood — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:12:10 +0000

I’ll second ChrisK’s question, with a nice progress note: in an answer to an e-mail I wrote to Stone just one year ago about a question raised here, he replied “sorry, I don’t read blogs”.
Nice catch guys. I wish I were closer.

By: joran

joran — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:29:53 +0000

Washburn rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: ColanderOfDeath

ColanderOfDeath — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:13:22 +0000

Next time invite Finnegan to come and give a defense of his elaborate but mysterious payroll metric and then you’ll really have a fun shindig.

By: Jim Thomsen

Jim Thomsen — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:34:26 +0000

Jeff, are you a USS Mariner “staff member”? If so, do you get dental with that? And should I send a union rep your way should you decide you’ll need to collectively bargain with management on a 2006 contract?

By: DaveBP

DaveBP — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:28:02 +0000

Thanks to both speakers for the informative discussion. Im new to USSMariner and was happy to meet one of the staff members. I’ll be back to this site often in the near future, seems like a great place to keep up with the M’s and the MLB all together. thanks again.

By: ChrisK

ChrisK — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:14:15 +0000

Jeff and Jonah – did you get the sense that Morosi or Stone are starting to understand the implications of this level of statistical analysis? And if so, would they ever incorporate it into their own work to help the casual fan understand this approach?