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I have formulated a structure that would be conducive to the system we have today, without the need to recalibrate the Bowl system we have grown to love. My system will change the way we look at the BCS, and will vindicate the results without any changes to the system in use today. The Schools will continue to share in the system, and a few of the non-BCS Conferences may also earn their justified right to play in the BCS Bowls This book is an 'out of the box' suggestion. It will give the fans some of the greatest football contests we could have never had the foresightedness to schedule, and answer the question . . . Who is the undisputed National Champion. ... Read more

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Thoughtful analysis of the NCAA Football BCS
It seems every year, about this time, there is a lot of discussion concerning the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and its Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The BCS was designed to create a national champion for Division I collegiate football teams. However, one thing that you can say that it does is create controversy. This year is no different, especially since Congress is now weighing in, saying that a "national champion" cannot be determined without a play-off system in Division I (the other divisions in college football have a play-off system to determine their National Champions). In advance of this year's conversation, comes a small book dedicated to the BCS with a possible solution to the issue.December Dream: Qualifying for the Final BCS Rankings, by John Trombetti, is a good review of the BCS and includes his thoughts on crowning a true National Champion, without the controversy.

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Dedication; The Opening Chapter; The Computer Polls; The Human Pollsters; The Start of the Bowl System; Analysis and Discussion; What If; Shall We Have; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Appendix IV; Bibliography

Starting the book by providing a historical perspective of the college bowl games and then moving into the polls that make up the BCS gives the reader excellent insight into big time college football and the polls. Trombetti uses this opportunity to illuminate the rise of the bowl games, and the economic impact they have on the cities and sponsors. As more bowl games were added to the end of the season, and the use of human polls, where favoritism and partiality come into play, to determine the national champion, it became clear to the NCAA that another method was needed to decide the best team. However, in the first year of the BCS, 1998, Trombetti points out that there was controversy centering around #3 ranked Kansas State (one loss), which resulted in the "Kansas State Rule" for the BCS, where a #3 team can be invited to play in a BCS Bowl Game. Of course, that is not the only controversy from the BCS and he provides plenty of other examples through the years. Even with these reminders, Trombetti shows his knowledge of the system by providing his thoughts on how the NCAA could have mitigated these problems. As there does not appear to be a play-off system on the horizon, due to the size of the current bowl payouts (in 2008, Trombetti notes that over a quarter BILLION dollars were in play) and the different agendas of the university presidents and coaches, he still provides a rational, and lucrative, play-off system that would yield a more decisive BCS champion.

The early chapters, while providing the foundation for the rest of the book and were necessary, were difficult to read as Trombetti described the peculiarities of each poll that makes up the BCS. However, even for the casual college football fan, he does a good job of illuminating the differences in each poll and they are rather interesting. The book really hits its stride as Trombetti describes the history of each bowl game, the original purpose of each, and the payouts per team. Building upon that, he wastes no time moving into the analysis of the BCS and his well reasoned argument for a play-off system that would benefit more teams, cities, and television networks. While this is a small book (98 pages), he packs a lot of information into it without wasting a lot of time on any one chapter. December Dream could have benefited from a few things; better editing, a more readable format for the BCS Series Standings, and accessible descriptions of the individual polls. Finally, as I read it, I couldn't help thinking it was more a college thesis than an approachable book on the BCS. Trombetti knows his subject matter, that is very clear, however he needed to connect with the reader. December Dream: Qualifying for the Final BCS Rankings is an excellent analysis of the BCS that culminates in arguably the best reasoned approach to a true National Champion.

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Making Dollars (and Sense) of the BCS
Ask a college football fan about the Bowl Championship Series and be prepared for an earful on how it must be overhauled - or done away with - to determine a true national champion in the 120-member NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as NCAA Division I-A).

College football researcher John J. Trombetti adds a different twist to crown the gridiron king - while making more bowl games relevant and financially successful - in December Dream: Qualifying for the Final BCS Rankings (Infinity Publishing). The BCS consists of four traditional contests - the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi, Allstate Sugar Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl - and the Citi BCS National Championship Game.

"It is a fine system, and I think it can outlast the test of time," writes Trombetti. "It is a formula that uses the human polls and computers to determine the best possible candidates to play for the National Championship.

"The Harris Interactive Poll (media, former coaches and former players) and the USA Today Coaches' Poll (59 voters, who are members of the American Football Coaches Association each make up one-third of the total BCS Poll ranking. The computer poll (using six ranking systems) makes up one-third of the rankings of the entire BCS Poll. There are two additional components to be added to the BCS formula: the strength of schedule and the team's record."

Trombetti utilizes a solid game plan to explore the history of the BCS, which was created in 1998 to determine the winner of the American Football Coaches Association National Championship Trophy - recognized in the final coaches' poll, but not by the NCAA - and participants in the major bowl games.

The system has been adjusted due to several controversies over the years, which includes the number of polls utilized and providing "mid-major" conference teams a place to race in the derby. The BCS poll of the top 25 teams is initially published about halfway through the season and updated weekly until the final ranking is released after the conference championship games.

An impressive computer formula is the Colley Matrix System of Wesley N. Colley, Ph. D., according to Trombetti: "(The Colley system rates well) with the media and coaches on the National Champion; most often agreed on the top five; and agreed on the top 10 within a place or two. [So it seems to me that this system may be a good substitute for the replacement of the media and coaches...does it seem that way to you?]"

The top two teams in the final BCS poll are in the title game, with automatic bowl bids guaranteed to the champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12, Big East, Big 10, Pac-10 and Southeastern Conference. Criteria is included so Notre Dame, an independent, can receive an automatic berth, along with a bid available to the highest ranked champion from Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference and the Western Athletic Conference. Additional "at-large" spots are issued by the bowl committees.

There are another 29 bowl games, with new contests slated for New York City after the 2010 season and Dallas, Texas, in 2011. In a section that chronicles the bowl system since 1902, Trombetti explains that there would be a lot to lose if this format was merged into a playoff system or eliminated for a tournament styled after basketball's NCAA "March Madness."

"In essence, the bowls were created to promote tourism by bringing in the top teams of the country to play in the games," he writes. "Today, the bowls are promoted by the cities that host the games for economic development, and the advertising of those companies that want the exposure with their names included in the title of the game.

"As you may know, the bowls we have today are financial windfalls for the schools and conferences that participate. Last year alone [2008 season], the bowl payout maxed out over one quarter of a BILLION dollars. A playoff system using the bowls would, could, limit distribution of these funds to fewer schools and conferences. With this amount of money available to the participants, do you really think a playoff scenario could ever be reached using the Bowl System we have today?"

Trombetti reaches pay dirt as he explains in detail his proposal to retain the BCS and bowls, which has an initial regular season schedule of 11 games, with the conference championships played no later than the weekend after Thanksgiving Day. The BCS rankings would include all FCS programs, which will position teams for a special slate of games to end the season. The contests would occur two weeks after Thanksgiving and cover four days. Bowl selections would follow the unique feast inside stadiums throughout the nation.

"And, the end result will produce a more decisive winner (in the BCS title game) than ever before," he writes.











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This book is meticulously researched and documented, and is more than just a book of lists.The author devotes ample space to discussing the career of each slugger, and the history and appeal of tape measure home runs.This book is a must for any true baseball fan, and will allow fans of different generations to learn about and celebrate the history of the game together.

Of course, even with this in-depth treatment, the subject of extra-long home runs is still not exhausted.Bill Jenkinson has hinted of his research into how sluggers from different eras would fare comparatively in the same-sized baseball stadiums.I'm eagerly awaiting Bill's next book, which will hopefully address this issue in more detail.

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This book tells you everything you wanted to know about Jewish Ball players. Found out things I didn't know. Great. Bought these as gifts for friends.

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I enjoyed reading this book. It presented a lot of information of which I was unaware.
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How Good Is Jewish All-Star Team?
This is a good book. By my count it lists 159 players by position. Some,of course, are quite famous. Others really obscure. Perhaps only playing a few innings or games. But, hey they made it to the big leagues. Which is certainly an accomplishment. The author uses both traditional and modern statistics to justify his choices. His criteria of Jewishness is liberal. Taking those who converted as well as those with one Jewish parent. It must have taken a lot of research to compile this list. Perhaps he's a modern day physiognomist. It would have been nice to have included photographs of those included as well as their career statistics both major and minor league. For those who may be interested in the topic there were several other books previously published. The Jewish Baseball Hall Of Fame by Erwin Lynn (1987). Ellis Island To Ebbets Field by Peter Levine(1992) Big Book Of Jewish Baseball by Joachim & Peter Horvitz (2001).So this update is timely allowing for the addition of newer players.

Chapter 14 of the book discusses how the chosen team might fare against some very good regular teams of the past. The author concludes that the Jewish team would do extremely well. He concludes the chapter saying "let the discussion commence." I have no problems with his player rankings. But I do find it troublesome that he's playing an all-star Jewish Team against regular teams. Really not apples to apples.

I have a Diamond Mind computer baseball simulation game that is quite accurate. It provides all the teams from 1927-present. You can play past seasons or different era teams against each other or make up your own teams by drafting players. This league was played by picking the players best, or arguably best, season not by career totals so you could, for instance, choose 1927 Babe Ruth.

In any event, I thought it would be interesting to see how some ethnically chosen all-star teams would come out playing a 160 game season. Six teams were chosen. I originally wanted to include an Asian team but had difficulty completing a roster. So to complete the league I picked a group of players I considered to be kind of oddfellows. Who had had various issues thru their careers involving personality disorders,crime,drugs,goofy behavior. I played this league in 2005 before Steroids became a full blown issue. So that wasn't a criteria. The Sluggers were comprised of famous players not ethnically identified. So they were basically your White team.

W L PCTRUNSRUNS AG ERA TEAM BA
Regular All-Star Sluggers10159.6311093894 5.00.296
Darktown Panthers 9664.6001045822 4.45.279
Latin Kings 8872.550 923893 4.94.272
Italia Whoppers 8377.519 8998114.51 .274
Oddfellows6595.406 775947 5.41.274
Maccabees 47 113.294 810 1178 6.65.261

Here are a few statistical highlights:

Al Rosen came in 9th in league batting average at .309 behind the leader George Brett at .356Hank Greenberg batted .300. Brett led the league with 234 hits. Rosen had 204 and Greenberg 191.

Hank Greenberg was 7th with an on base percentage of .379. Al Rosen was 10th with .374. The leader was Barry Bonds at .420.

Hank Greenberg was second in slugging percentage with .655. Al Rosen was 8th with .584 both behind Barry Bonds at .719.

Home Runs were Bonds (73) Greenberg #2 with 66 and Rosen tied for #4 with 49.

RBI'sBonds 180, Greenberg #2 with 151 and Rosen #8 with 124.

Stolen Base leaders were Jackie Robinson (31) and Joe Morgan (24). Walks were led by Barry Bonds (135). Hank Greenberg had (82). Leadingstrikeouts by batters was Richie Allen (188). Greenberg had (165) Shawn Green (113) & Al Rosen (112).

Sandy Koufax was third in pitcher strikeouts (178) behind Vida Blue 216 and Pedro Martinez 213.

Twenty game winners were Fergie Jenkins 21-6 ERA 3.71 & Bob Gibson 20-8
ERA 4.50. There were a total of 18 shutouts thrown. Four by Sal Maglie and three by Dwight Gooden. 3 other pitchers threw 2@ and 5 pitchers threw 1@.

Sandy Koufax ended up the season with a 7-16 record and an ERA of 5.67. Scott Schoenweiss was 2-167.48, Steve Stone finished up at 2-17 8.78.Jason Marquis was 6-17 5.78 & Ken Holtzman went 6-16 6.11. Best league ERA was Pedro Martinez 2.79 followed by Sal Maglie 3.35 and Carl Hubbell 3.37.

Of course, this was a tough league to pitch in.

Jewish or not
I found, after talking to the author, that many hours of study and investigation was done to write this book. I was also, most pleased, to find all the Jewish baseball players listed. But most of all I greatly appreciated the author contacting me directly. Maybe someday he will do the same writing about basketball players,

A Tip of the Yarmulke to The Baseball Talmud
Howard Megdal, author of The Baseball Talmud, was kind enough to send me a copy of his book recently. The book chronicles and ranks Jewish baseball players position-by-position since the game's inception and is an excellent reference for anyone interested in the subject. All of the players hitherto mentioned on Jews in Baseball are analyzed and humanized by Megdal. There are also many, many more players that I haven't even scratched the surface with. Players like Andy Cohen, Moe Berg, and Jose Bautista.

And for anyone who belongs to the Bill James' school of thought, Megdal is a huge proponent of sabermetrics. Of course, he provides you with the traditional statistics, but he goes into greater depth with nifty stats like VORP, WARP, and Pythagorean won-loss record. Megdal also digs up remarkable numbers that often go overlooked (like Lou Boudreau's walk/strikeout ratio in 1948: 98/9). Megdal even enlists the help of a baseball statistician to figure out how effective the All-Jewish team would be in a neutral environment. I won't give away anything. Let's just say they wouldn't be pushovers...

At first, I thought I would skim through The Baseball Talmud and only check out my favorite players, but I really couldn't put it down; it's extremely immersive. From cover to cover, you'll learn something new about players you thought you already knew everything about. You'll see names long forgotten by most fans that conjure up images of different eras, egos, and ballparks. You'll be reminded of how good some of these players were. You'll be encouraged to see how good some of the current players are - and still can be. Most of all, you'll be filled with an indescribable sense of pride. When you see the formidable All-Time Jewish Team Megdal puts together, you may even let your imagination run wild and envision "the eventual cosmic baseball tournament between religions." ... Read more

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