It's true, the first three or four years were home-printed on a mimeograph machine. I have heard, but never pursued it, that if you call up Bill's wife in Lawrence, Kansas and ask to buy copies, she will photocopy them (or print them out; something) and mail them off for a small fee. (This is rather old and unverified information; James really should make them available.)
The in-print Abstracts (1980 or '81 through 1988) are out of print and still tricky to find, but check eBay now and then, or your local used bookstores, you might luck out.
When I read, at the behest of a friend (so convinced I had to read it he bought me a copy), the 1988 Abstract, well, it was an epiphany, a thunderbolt. I started loving baseball even more, because I began to understand it better.
2007-08-08 07:05:53
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answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7
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Baseball Abstract
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answered by Anonymous
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You can find some of the early '80s abstracts on Ebay, but the ones from the 1970s are hard to find.
I've bought reprinted (ie. copied) versions of the early Abstracts, and even those were a little pricey. The original 1977 version would be almost impossible to find, and incredibly expensive.
2007-08-08 06:38:52
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No matter how you boil it down, all thought is a physical process that occurs within the brain. How does the fact that we 'physically' think prove or disprove anything? It's a silly argument. That's like saying walking disproves atheism. Just another way of saying the world is too complex for me to understand so there must be a God.
2016-03-22 19:41:49
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Ihave several of his original early abstracts including the 1977 issue. How much am I offerred? Dave
2014-12-02 10:37:50
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As I recall from reading Money Ball, the first version(s) were copied on a mimeograph machine and stapled together. The number of copies published was very small.
2007-08-08 06:47:14
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answered by Fester Frump 7
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Tawaen basically summed it up. "I don't get it, so goddidit!"
2016-04-09 08:03:31
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answered by Anonymous
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I would assume you could find them on Amazon.
Or you could go to your local library if you just want to read them.
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2007-08-08 06:37:22
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