Baseball Book Project Started Up Again

I am currently writing a book on baseball. This project started in late 2000, but I haven't done much work on it in the past few years. It focuses on the recurring question of determining the All-Time team rosters for each major-league franchise. This is a fun question, one that fans have argued over for decades. My book will have 26 chapters (one for each of the long-standing franchises), plus an introduction, and perhaps a few wrap-up chapters or appendices. For the purposes of this book, a "franchise" includes the history of a team across moves from city to city (e.g., the Dodgers includes both the LA and Brooklyn teams).

For each team analysis, I will begin by presenting my own choices for each position: a starter and a backup, with 6 outfielders, 10 pitchers (mixed starters and relievers), a team captain, a starting batting order, and so on. For each player, brief highlights will be given, to indicate the essentials of my reasoning for choosing him over the other viable candidates (who are also briefly described). This should amount to the most detailed consideration of this topic thus far in print.

However, I will be going beyond my own choices by comparing them with the choices of other authors and surveys. Some of these will be recent while some will be older fan surveys and other sources. I have done a lot of research to find as many alternate All-Time Team selections as I can, so that I can compare them with my own selections.

I currently have about half the chapters drafted, though each needs to be updated. And preliminary research has been conducted for most of the rest. I plan to eventually self-publish it as a traditional print book, likely through a print-on-demand company. For now I will be posting draft chapters on my personal website as I update them. The introductory chapter has also been posted.