tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post116603963755747017..comments2010-03-19T06:34:16.047-04:00Dan Shanoffnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166122998388299752006-12-14T14:03:18.386-05:002006-12-14T14:03:18.386-05:00This is easy for me -- Game of Shadows. But, Feeding the Monster was an excellent look inside an organization that had so many of us fooled thinking it was competant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166119747384178162006-12-14T13:09:07.386-05:002006-12-14T13:09:07.386-05:00Hell, if we're talking about gambling, pick up "The Smart Money" (just out last month), by Michael Konik.<BR/><BR/>A REALLY good book about one of the best sports handicapping groups (so successful, they literally cannot place a bet with a lot of the Vegas and offshore sports books)SirFozziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11765496722008110641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166109771555691962006-12-14T10:22:51.556-05:002006-12-14T10:22:51.556-05:00anybody know why Hollinger didn't publish an NBA Prospectus this year? or did he?JoshLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17614758627824762759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166106395666513522006-12-14T09:26:35.666-05:002006-12-14T09:26:35.666-05:00Dan, so good to hear you say how much you hate the Red Sox and Red Sox Nation. I'm a huge fan of what you do, but I was beginning to get annoyed with your anti-Red Sox slant to everything you wrote about the team. It was a little jab here and a little jab there, and as a Sox fan it was obvious that there was some disdain there. But now that I've heard you come out and proclaim your hatred, i'll be able to look past it. keep up the good work! -bryan a in lancaster, pabryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17413430599924506641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166104518676530222006-12-14T08:55:18.676-05:002006-12-14T08:55:18.676-05:00Can I ask why Mitch Albom is a best-selling novelist? Didn't he plagiarize material? Isn't he supposed to be a (terrible) sportswriter?<BR/>Doesn't he have ears bigger than Dumbo and an awful haircut that does nothing to hide that fact?rafaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09578916176866494787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166076088405661422006-12-14T01:01:28.406-05:002006-12-14T01:01:28.406-05:00Although it was released a few years ago I just reread "How Soccer Explains the World". It is a fascinating read and you will really learn a lot about things you might not necessarily think could be related to the beautiful game. I rarely find books about sports to my liking. I would much rather have a nice coffee table book than a longer work of prose. Maybe I like how coffee table books tend to have great photos as well as being more of a tribute to whatever topic the book is about. I love the "100 Years of Florida Football". There was also a book about the history of the SEC which is a fairly comprehensive look at every team in the greatest conference in America. They break each team down by the decades and have pretty much every stat you would want. It is great for settling stupid bets you make with your friends after downing 10 shots of Patron and watching your team beat directional state A & T 77-0. Holly Robinson Peete's, "Get Your Own Damn Beer I'm Watching the Game" is pretty good at explaining the game to someone with little to no knowledge of football. Oh wait the book came out last year. I got it for my fiancee after last season and she is actually understanding what is going on this year. It sucks the bucs are playing the bears this weekend as we have a standing bet that the loser does whatever the winner wants. No way the bucs win so if we pull off the upset I'm open to suggestions. <BR/><BR/>One last thing Dan, Do you have any plans to write a book other a collection of previous articles? <BR/><BR/>I know I did not use italics in the book titles but I couldn't get my html to work.The heroin sheikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01316160742280850974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166054535636962332006-12-13T19:02:15.636-05:002006-12-13T19:02:15.636-05:00Fantasyland was the best book, I agree. Wasn't a huge fan though of Baseball Between the Numbers actually, think the BP guys are a little too self-gratifying and kind of rub me the wrong way. <BR/><BR/>Not a great read by any means, but the Baseball America Prospect Handbook is an awesome book for people obsessed with baseball. Has great scouting reports and rankings of all the top 30 prospects of each baseball team. <BR/><BR/>And Dan, as long as you're not a big Yankees fan, it's okay not to like the Red Sox too. <BR/><BR/>-Todd (Boston)Todd Chinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166053514491206432006-12-13T18:45:14.490-05:002006-12-13T18:45:14.490-05:00Speaking of sports writing, I'm reading Dr. Z (is he the real, PhD. kind of doctor, or the fake, pathetic kind of person who calls himself doctor?) and he has this to say about the Arizona Cardinals:<BR/><BR/>All hail the kings of the 4-9s, after Sunday's victory over Seattle. The revamped O-line was the sixth arrangement this season, and people say that this time it really looked good for once, with recently installed RG Deuce Lutui the catalyst. <B>"Catalyst," says The Flaming Redhead. "Four Guernseys, three Holsteins, five calves ... " Ha ha ha, and may I remind you, sweetie, that one dude around here tells the jokes.</B><BR/><BR/>Does anyone else want to help me in a boycott of Dr. Z until he stops mentioning the fucking Flaming Redhead?!<BR/><BR/>Serenity now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166052250887161642006-12-13T18:24:10.886-05:002006-12-13T18:24:10.886-05:00Bill Simmons has referred to his book so much this year that it feels like a recent publish. Put that down as my LEAST favorite of 2006.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345431884349785123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166051321315444242006-12-13T18:08:00.000-05:002006-12-13T18:08:00.000-05:00Hi, i was looking over your blog and didn't<BR/>quite find what I was looking for. I'm looking for<BR/>different ways to earn money... I did find this though...<BR/> a place where you can make some nice extra cash secret shopping. <BR/>I made over $900 last month having fun!<BR/><A HREF="http://www.take-surveys-4-cash.info" REL="nofollow">make extra money now</A>Askinstoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441898079939101534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166050815707684282006-12-13T18:00:00.000-05:002006-12-13T18:00:00.000-05:00Hi, i was looking over your blog and didn't<BR/>quite find what I was looking for. I'm looking for<BR/>different ways to earn money... I did find this though...<BR/> a place where you can make some nice extra cash secret shopping. <BR/>I made over $900 last month having fun!<BR/><A HREF="http://www.take-surveys-4-cash.info" REL="nofollow">make extra money now</A>Askinstoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441898079939101534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166047406289420792006-12-13T17:03:26.290-05:002006-12-13T17:03:26.290-05:00Wow, Dan, glad to know you loathe some of your loyal readers. Hate the Sox, that's fine, we're used to it. But man, its seems like a good portion of your readers and commenters are fans of the sox. How you gonna disrepsect us like that?? lolHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12375623529296071286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166046218809532102006-12-13T16:43:38.810-05:002006-12-13T16:43:38.810-05:00"Bill Simmons promised he'd die in peace over two years ago - what the hell is taking him so long?" by me and 5 billion other sports fans.Ma4tt (the 4 is silent)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04887243341416889413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166045007456106972006-12-13T16:23:27.456-05:002006-12-13T16:23:27.456-05:00"The Blind Side" was fantastic. Here are two more:<BR/><BR/>"The Best American Sports Writing", 2006 edition. Always a solid read.<BR/><BR/>"7 Seconds Or Less", Jack McCallum's inside look at the Phoenix Suns. Fascinating look at life in the NBA.<BR/><BR/>A third book (which might have been published in '05) is "Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer", by Warren St. John. It's about college football in the South, and it is spot on accurate and completely hilarious.Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01934532244773942299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166044888309046492006-12-13T16:21:28.310-05:002006-12-13T16:21:28.310-05:00Gary: I belive the book you want is titled <I>The mind of Bill James - How a complete outsider changed the game of baseball</I>, written by Scott Gray. It was a pretty good book, probably the most complete biography of Bill James and his ideas I've read.<BR/><BR/>I liked Fantasyland better, and if you're into the baseball stat thing you should definitely read <I>The Numbers Game</I>, written by Alan Schwartz, a complete history of the evolution of baseball stats.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13658154555040653938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166043376251900692006-12-13T15:56:16.253-05:002006-12-13T15:56:16.253-05:00There was a baseball book I saw once in a book store and didn't buy it but haven't been able to remember the name and haven't seen it sense. It was called something like... "How Michael Lewis (or Bill James) changed the way we watch baseball" or something like that. I really can't remember, I just remember being struck in the head when I read Moneyball and this book seemed interesting but I didn't catch it. <BR/><BR/>Any help would be greatGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193070890055505519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166043302969508782006-12-13T15:55:02.970-05:002006-12-13T15:55:02.970-05:00Head Chick In Charge said... <BR/><BR/>"Thanks for tricking me into reading a post I thought was about gambling. (Does that make me a degenerate?)"<BR/><BR/>Hilarious, <BR/><BR/>just about to comment on the my number 1, (Mandalay Bay on the First Friday morning/afternoon of March Madness).Jo Ferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00189134057537747980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166041986880906872006-12-13T15:33:06.880-05:002006-12-13T15:33:06.880-05:00Instead of reading in 2006, I've been busy writing. 5 of those books are sitting in one of my bookcases collecting all kinds of dust. Hopefully the new year will bring me some free time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166041954201816092006-12-13T15:32:34.203-05:002006-12-13T15:32:34.203-05:00I loved <I>To Hate Like this is to be Happy Forever</I>. But, I bleed Carolina blue, so I could relate to a lot of the opinions and stories. I also read <I>$40 Million Dollar Slaves</I>. It was certainly a different perspective and provided a look at civil rights history through sports. I am surprised the book did not make a bigger splash, considering some of its controversial views. I would recommend both books though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1166041122140492782006-12-13T15:18:42.140-05:002006-12-13T15:18:42.140-05:00Thanks for tricking me into reading a post I thought was about gambling. (Does that make me a degenerate?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com