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{{italic title ''Baseball Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Time'' is a
non-fiction Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with b ...
baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
book, co-written by
Rob Neyer Rob Neyer (born June 22, 1966) is an American baseball writer known for his use of statistical analysis or sabermetrics. He started his career working for Bill James and STATS and then joined ESPN.com as a columnist and blogger from 1996 to 2011. ...
and Eddie Epstein. It was published in April 2000 by W. W. Norton & Company.


Contents

15 different MLB "dynasties" (defined as teams with exceptional three-year runs) are profiled in separate chapters, all with league records, written accounts of the season, and other related baseball facts in sidebars. At the end, the clubs are ranked, and a conclusion is reached that the 1939 New York Yankees are the greatest team of all time. The two authors acknowledged that their work is heavily influenced by baseball statistician Bill James.


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related to the book, posted at RobNeyer.com 2000 non-fiction books Major League Baseball books W. W. Norton & Company books