A must-have for any diehard baseball fan, this lively, authoritative book answers the classic question "Who was the greatest team of all time?" It's a debate nearly as old as the sport itself. Sure, there have been plenty of great baseball teams, but which was the best ever? While it seems like an unwinnable argument, the authors of Baseball Dynasties have risen to the challenge.

They took the top fifteen teams of the twentieth century, ran them through rigorous statistical analysis, and threw in some good old-fashioned opinion in their quest to determine, definitively, who was the greatest team in the history of baseball. Looking at continued brilliance over time (no one-season wonders allowed), Hall of Famers on the roster, offensive and defensive production, performance in the postseason, and numerous other tangibles and intangibles, Eddie Epstein and Rob Neyer put each team under the microscope - and picked a winner.

Who will come out on top? Was it the 1927 Yankees, the legendary squad blessed with both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig? Or how about Earl Weaver's 1970 Orioles, who over a three-year span dominated their opponents at a higher level than any other team this century? Full of anecdotes, intriguing facts, and scores of statistics, Baseball Dynasties is a fascinating look at baseball history certain to provoke, entertain, and edify baseball fans of all ages.

Bill James: "It's wonderful to read a book by someone who really knows something about the great teams, knows things that I don't know, knows even important things that I didn't know. This is the book that everybody else who writes about great teams, for the next thirty years, will have to begin by reading, just so they know what they're talking about"

Davey Johnson: "This book captures the unique characteristics that make great teams great."

George F. Will: "Baseball teams thrive on arguments. This book will start enough of them to keep the Hot Stove League in session all year long."

Handsomely designed, cleanly written ranking of the great baseball teams by two sabreheads who have learned how to carry their statistics lighly and present it so even mathophobics like myself can understand and even enjoy.

I recommend this book for someone who is interested in baseball analysis and also baseball history.

It's a terrific and entertaining look at excellence in baseball, and a rich resource of baseball history, with pointers to many other such books.

If you're a serious baseball fan, or strive to become one, treat yourself to this book. I can't imagine a much better book of its kind.

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Baseball Dynasties
The Greatest Teams of All Times

Author: Rob Neyer & Eddie Epstein.
Pages: 384.
Published: April 2000.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company.

ISBN: 0393320081.

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