Conversations with Sports Fans
Season 5, Episode 31 - Mark Armour
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Our guest in this episode, Mark Armour [https://marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/], will likely need no introduction to discerning baseball fans. A native New Englander who's now retired in the Pacific Northwest, Mark vividly recalls becoming consumed by baseball during his adolescent years, incessantly reading everything he could get his hands on about the sport. Just as vividly, Mark remembers 1982 as the year he happened upon noted baseball historian, author, and statistician, Bill James [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_James] and his annual eponymous publication The Bill James Baseball Abstract [https://www.amazon.com/Bill-James-Historical-Baseball-Abstract/dp/0743227220]. Shortly thereafter, Mark joined the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) [https://sabr.org/] where he admits to being merely a consumer of its collective work for many years. Mark had his first work published by SABR in the late 1990s and he's been rather prolific ever since and has even served as the President of SABR's Board of Directors. Along the way, he founded and served as chair of the SABR Biography Project Committee [https://sabr.org/bioproject] which aims to write a biography of every Major Leaguer in its history (and has authored over 70 such bios). These days, his "Satchel Paige Project" [https://marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/2084-2/] keeps him busy as he attempts to document every game Paige played. He's at over 2,000 and counting at the moment! More works by Mark: * Intentional Balk [https://intentionalbalkbook.com/] - About the fine line between cheating and innovation. Co-authored with Daniel R. Levitt. * In Pursuit of Pennants [https://marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/in-pursuit-of-pennants/] - About strategies franchises use to succeeed. Also co-authored with Levitt. * The Great Eight [https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska-paperback/9780803245860/the-great-eight/] - About the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. If you’re enjoying Conversations with Sports Fans please consider supporting our work here [https://thesportsfanproject.com/support-the-sports-fan-project-get-exclusive-benefits-and-recognition/]. For as little as 99 center a month, generous supporters such as you are able to keep these episodes coming commercial and sponsor free.
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