Shane’s Take — Baseball Between the Numbers

If you’re a baseball fan, and if you’re a baseball fan that loves numbers, this book is a great read. Using statistics, Baseball Prospectus writers present a series of essays or articles to answer various baseball questions. These questions are not just related to player performance (Are teams letting their closers go to waste?), but also off-the-field questions (Are new stadiums a good deal?). The only negative of reading this is that it was written mid-2000s, so many examples aren’t very current. The concepts were still fascinating though.