As a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com, Rob Neyer has opened the eyes of an entire generation of baseball fans to stats like OPS, Win Shares, and Value Over Replacement Player. He began his career working for Bill James, the father of Sabermetrics, the movement toward objective statistical analysis of baseball, and has gone on to become a Johnny Appleseed of the stats movement. He’s also the author of many books, including the newly released Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends.
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