Baseball history is ever changing, evolving with technology, society and culture. When I completed this in 2014, I knew the advances coming in capturing performance (Stat Cast) would refine and give insight into what players are accomplishing on each play. But as life has it, I was not prepared to follow up this volume as quickly with the closing chapter on the last 150 years of the sport. Well, one never knows - but the hope is 2020 for Volume II.

My answering machine was set to a Genesis track in 1990-something

Such was a time of excitement and hope for me. As becoming an adult does, such things as your 1st phone number & answering machine message,references back to a time when one was less jaded, and more idealistic.