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2008 Baseball Prospectus

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Partner:: Books Inc
Location:: Books Inc.
Alameda, CA
Event Date:: 03.10.08
Speakers:: Kevin Goldstein,; Christina Kahrl
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Summary: Meet Kevin Goldstein and Christina Kahrl, co-authors of Baseball Prospectus: The Essential Guide to the 2008 Baseball Season, the bestselling guide to Major League Baseball returns, bringing together the top young baseball writers and analysts in the business to provide the definitive look at the season to come - Books Inc.

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Kevin Goldstein

Kevin Goldstein is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Since 2006 has written multiple-times-per week "Future Shock" columns on high school, college, and minor league player prospects, with an emphasis on scouting rather than sabermetrics. He also covers Winter League baseball, Spring training, the Major League Baseball draft, scouting, personnel development, and the baseball player marketplace. Before joining BP, Goldstein was a writer for Baseball America.

Christina Kahrl

Christina Kahrl is one of the co-founders of Baseball Prospectus. She is currently the managing editor of the think tank's website, BaseballProspectus.com, as well as their annual publication. She has co-edited several of the Baseball Prospectus annual books of forecasts and analysis and has been involved in the writing of every edition since the first in 1996 (for a list see Baseball Prospectus). Kahrl writes a bi-weekly column entitled "Transaction Analysis" listing and analyzing the transactions by all Major League Baseball teams for the site. She has also written for SportsIllustrated.com, ESPN.com, the New York Sun, Salon.com, Slate, Playboy, and the Washington Blade, and is an associate editor of The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia. She is also the former Acquisitions Editor of Brassey's Sports, a mid-list publisher that focused on sports history and analysis. Kahrl concentrated in history in earning her AB at the University of Chicago (1990) and her MA at Loyola University Chicago and now resides in Chicago, Illinois.

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01.: Baseball Prospectus 2008: Intro

02 min 15 sec

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02.: Change of Baseball Prospectus Overtime

03 min 35 sec

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03.: Q & A

00 min 10 sec

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04.: Q1: Ramirez Making White Sox Roster

04 min 19 sec

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05.: Q2: Trends in Building Successful Teams

03 min 07 sec

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06.: Q3: The Cubs

02 min 58 sec

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07.: Q4: The Giants Plan

03 min 05 sec

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08.: Q5: Fernando Martinez's Prospects

04 min 15 sec

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09.: Q6: Trading Trends

02 min 41 sec

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10.: Q7: The A's Talent

01 min 52 sec

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11.: Q8: Keith Lieppman Interview

01 min 55 sec

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12.: Q9: Defining a Prospect

00 min 46 sec

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13.: Q10: Top Players in the Industry

01 min 53 sec

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14.: Q11: State of Baseball Management

02 min 35 sec

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15.: Q12: Managers

04 min 43 sec

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16.: Q13: Starters as Relievers on Off-Days

01 min 16 sec

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17.: Q14: Tandem Starters in the 90s

01 min 35 sec

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Sourcing Global Baseball Talent

03 min 36 sec

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Mark Prior and Kerry Wood: Is This the Year for a Comeback?

03 min 24 sec

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The Importance of Managers in Baseball

05 min 06 sec

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rocketdog

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Posted: 03.31.08, 12:35 PM

I'm glad the season starts today - even though, as a Giants fan, it's pretty much already over for my team. Oh well.

I guess there's always looking forward to the draft...I think we've got a real shot at the #1 pick for next year. Go Giants! >:P

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