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| Maple Street Press 2006 Red Sox Annual |
| by: CHAD FINN, AARON GLEEMAN, VINCE GENNARO, STEVE MASTROYIN, PETE PALMER, BRUCE ALLEN, JIM BENNETT, BRANDON MAGEE, DAVID LAURILA, MARK ARMOUR, JIM WALSH, STEPHEN VETERE, JAMES TETREAULT, SHAUN KELLY, DON HYSLOP, MARK BROWN |
| PRICE: $9.95 |
| ISSN/ISBN: 0-9777436-0-8 |
| TRIM SIZE: 8.5 x 11 |
| PUB DATE: March 2006 |
| PAGES: 108 | |
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 The Most In-depth and Thorough Guide to the 2006 Season
Are you tired of buying preseason baseball publications for only a few pages of Red Sox coverage? Now get over 100 pages of the most complete and in-depth coverage of the Red Sox available! In partnership with renowned Red Sox web site Sons of Sam Horn, the Maple Street Press 2006 Red Sox Annual goes far beyond the basics and gives diehard Sox fans the detailed coverage of the team they crave.
After a tumultuous offseason, there are many questions facing the Red Sox as they enter 2006. What type of impact will Josh Beckett have? How will Kevin Youkilis handle first base? Can Mike Lowell bounce back? Can Coco Crisp fill Johnny Damon's shoes in center field? Chad Finn (Touching All the Bases) gives a position by position break down of the new look roster and what to watch for in the coming season. Also get an intensive analysis of the Red Sox offense and pitching through a new sabermetric measuring tool--Composite Rate Analysis (CRA)--complete with a projection of how many runs the Red Sox should score and allow, and how many wins that might translate to. Comprehensive analysis of the Red Sox minor league system is also included, featuring a ranking of the organization's Top 20 prospects and sit down interviews with prized farmhands Jed Lowrie and Craig Hansen.
Plus, brush up on the Yankees as well as the rest of the Red Sox's playoff competition in the American League. With the expanded room, the Annual is also able to go beyond the standard topics and examine things such as:
- How much revenue the team generates for each win on the field and the financial differences between 85 wins, 95 wins, and even a World Championship.
- How YES changed the landscape of Major League Baseball, and how without NESN the Red Sox would have been left behind.
- An exhaustive look at the Theo Epstein era to date as GM, and how this offseason ran as if he never left the post.
- Acclaimed statistician Pete Palmer breaks down the Red Sox's approach to the sacrifice bunt, and why bunting might not be a bad idea in select situations.
- An examination of the Red Sox media coverage in Boston, likely the most intense in all of baseball
- The misconception of the lessons in Moneyball, and how it is not all about on-base percentage--in fact defense seems to be the new frontier of undervalued assets.
- The enigmatic Hall of Fame case of Jim Rice, and if he deserves to be enshrined in Cooperstown
Further, the Annual provides a look back at Red Sox seasons and players of yesteryear. Enjoy a 20th anniversary reflection on the pennant-winning summer of 1986, and the cast of characters that made up that beloved team. Compare how the Sox fared in the last five seasons following an American League pennant ('47, '68, '76, '87, and '05), and remember the dynamic career of Tony C. through a poignant fan account. Plus, re-live recent history by taking a look at the Red Sox's stretch of winning 11 out of 13 playoff elimination games from 1999-2004; a run of back-against-the-wall success that has never been matched in baseball history.
It's all packed into over 100 pages of Red Sox coverage (not ads) unlike anything else available in print. This is a publication by Red Sox fans for Red Sox fans, and provides a level of coverage national publications cannot match. The Maple Street Press 2006 Red Sox Annual is a must have guide to the 2006 season for any diehard fan!
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