Bruce, Bonds, Book Reviews and Pete Doherty

This week at BaseballGB.co.uk:

‘Weekly’ Hit Ground Ball 2008 – Week Nine – Jay Bruce is leading the Reds’ revolution.

The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball by Tom M Tango, Mitchel G Lichtman, and Andrew E Dolphin – A book review of The Book

Foam bats and Kool-Aid, Bands, Balco and Bonds – Steve Bartley compares ‘loveable drug addict’ Pete Doherty to the case of Barry Bonds.

Hitting streaks in 7-inning and 9-inning baseball – Inspired by the book review below, Joe Gray conducts an analysis of hitting streaks and how they relate to the seven inning baseball seen in Britain.

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life by Richard Ben Cramer – A book review of a great biography about a truly great ballplayer

Billy Beane interview  – links to and comments on the three-part interview conducted by Athletics Nation with the A’s GM.

National League: brief update from Bank Holiday weekend – results from last weekend’s British National League games