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You may not like 13-man pitching staffs, or exit velocity, or the Chase Utley rule-but it's hard not to like Rob Neyer's way of exploring these and scores of other aspects of what he calls Postmodern Baseball. "Whoever says baseball never changes hasn't read Power Ball.

Like a great baseball game, it's a read I never wanted to end."-WILL LEITCH, author of Are We Winning? Rob Neyer captures baseball in all its complications and nuances, taking it apart and putting it back together again, reminding us why it remains as powerful and vital as it has ever been. "Baseball is the greatest sport not because of its past, but its glorious present. Come for the insight, stay for the riveting narrative spun by the best baseball writer in the business."-DARYL MOREY, general manager of the Houston Rockets and cofounder of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference " Power Ball provides the best coverage of the modern game since Moneyball by clicking the + button and zooming in on one game between two franchises at the cutting edge of the fascinating changes.

Matt Chapman is mentioned twenty-eight times."-BILL JAMES, author of The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract Is it the best sports book of the year? It might be. Pete Incaviglia drops in to make a point. The game emanates forward from the players themselves. Neyer is painting a picture of baseball today, but like the pictures at Hogwarts, the characters are always in action. "Any book in which Jose Altuve is mentioned eighty times, Fenway Park eleven times, Roger Clemens seven times, and Vinny Castilla gets a shout-out is good for me.

"Sweet, funny, and thoroughly original, Rob Neyer's rendering of an otherwise meaningless game is an incisive and prescriptive analysis of the game's past, present, and future."-JANE LEAVY, author of The Big Fella

Power Ball brings that forth in vibrant colors."-JEFF PEARLMAN, author of The Bad Guys Won I've always loved Rob Neyer's passion for the National Pastime. "A smart, original, insightful look at all the nooks, crannies, and nuances that make the game of baseball so beautiful-and so fascinating. "Neyer, in a rare feat, captures the humor and humanity in the game, as well as what makes the revelry and rivalry of baseball so special."-Library Journal