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Summary: Baseball Card On Steroids
Review: Not much useful information in the register. There is much more information available elsewhere, especially in the Bill James Handbooks and online sources. This book only has the barest statistical information. I'm surprised that STATS had anything to do with this because the statistic are so basic.
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Summary: 2003 Baseball Register
Review: STATS Inc no longer publishes its excellent Major League Handbook and supposedly, TSN incorporates information from the defunct book. However, it is more as if Major League Handbook no longer exists. Baseball Register is as dry as ever with not much more than the basic stat lines you would find on the back of baseball cards. The most advanced stats it offers are OBP, SLG, and ERAs. No lefty/righty splits, comprehensive fielding stats, ballpark stats, player projections, or even minor stats such as HBP, SH, or SF. It is sad that STATS no longer publishes Major League Handbook, its companion title Player Profiles, or Baseball Scoreboard. These were good reference books and interesting reading. It almost feels as if publishers are starting to move away from publishing intelligent baseball books and baseball references. A shame. When I received it in the mail, I almost wanted to cry when I compared it to the far superior Baseball Handbook. Register is complete all the way to Livan Hernandez's 14.29 World Series ERA but with STATS' data base available to TSN, it could have been a lot more.
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Summary: Big Improvements
Review: The 2004 Register is much inproved and I would again recommend it for anyone looking for career stats of current players. It now includes WHIP, on base pct., slugging pct., OPS and more. Because it includes all the minor league stats of each player I think it is far more comprehensive than most competitors's books. I do not know what books some of your other reviewers are talking about because their reviews are way off base.
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Summary: False Advertising
Review: This book contains virtually none of the great material that was previously in the STATS handbook. Anyone familiar with the STATS handbook will be misled by the false advertising and implications that STATS combined their efforts with TSN to create a better handbook. I won't be fooled again next year!
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Summary: Simply The Best
Review: This is simply the best yearly reference book on the market. If you want stats this book delivers. It's a great book whether you are a stat freak or just like having the stats nearby when watching your favorite team. I've been buying this book for 15 years, and will probably never stop!
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Summary: The Handbook Is Available
Review: You must face facts. This book killed the revolutionary STATS Major and Minor League Handbook series. The Sporting News is over 125 years old, and it shows in this book. It is unfortunate that the publishers would choose this book in favor of the STATS series, and rather apparent that it was done in an "everyone knows the Sporting News brand name!" sort of way. It is awful to see the infinitely superior STATS series slain by the mighty dollar.
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Summary: Can't just appreciate it for what it is.
Review: You must face facts. This book killed the revolutionary STATS Major and Minor League Handbook series. The Sporting News is over 125 years old, and it shows in this book. It is unfortunate that the publishers would choose this book in favor of the STATS series, and rather apparent that it was done in an "everyone knows the Sporting News brand name!" sort of way. It is awful to see the infinitely superior STATS series slain by the mighty dollar.
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