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Scientific Baseball, by John J. McGraw

Xipoo's taking his car in for service, so Snake Bytes will be a bit late. Since it's an off-day, let's crank up the wayback machine and go back to when the entire state of Arizona had barely been founded... Written in 1913, but a lot what it says is surprisingly relevant to today's game.

At that time, McGraw was managing the New York Giants, on their way to a third consecutive National League pennant. He'd already won the World Series in 1905, as a player-manager, and would achieve back-to-back titles in 1921 and 1922.