Learning Sabermetrics

[steve B]

I suppose it depends on what background you've got. My wife and I joined SABR, mostly for the magazine which is really good. I gravitated more towards the stories and bios, but did read some of the math stuff. Not having a sound base in statistics didn't help me much.

We went to the meeting where some more involved stuff was presented, and since the presenters had a bit more time to explain it was a bit easier, but mot by much. The presentations on research methods especially one on the reliability of what should be a primary source - the player themselves- was especially interesting. (Basically they went over a few pretty well known stories told by players, and explained how the facts don't support the stories, as good as they are. )

But still join for the magazine, it's really good.