Writing
Neyer wrote for ESPN for 15 years from 1996 to January 31, 2011. He joined SB Nation as its National Baseball Editor on February 1, 2011. In an interview, he said that he had had prior opportunities to leave ESPN.com but that nothing had felt right until this offer from SB Nation. Within the baseball writing community Neyer is a part of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and the 10-person voting panel for the Fielding Bible Awards.
He is the author or co-author of six books: Baseball Dynasties (2000) with Eddie Epstein, Feeding the Green Monster (2001), Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups (2003), The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (2004) with Bill James, Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders (2006), and Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends (2008).
Working through both historical research and statistical analysis, Neyer critiques conventional narratives in sports as a historian. In reference to his book Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends Neyer stated, "I'm not going to argue with Aristotle. Maybe poetry is more important--and most of the stories in the book do qualify as poetry--but I think there's a small place for history, too. And since I'm no poet, I'm happy to fill that small place when I can."
Bill James describes him as "the best of the new generation of sportswriters. He knows baseball history like a child knows his piggy bank. He knows how to pick it up and shake it and make what he needs fall out."
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