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When were the Bill James Baseball Abstracts written?
In an effort to reach a wider audience, Bill James began self-publishing an annual book titled The Bill James Baseball Abstract beginning in 1977.
What was in the The Bill James Baseball Abstract by Bill James?
The first edition of The Bill James Baseball Abstract by Bill James presented 68 pages of in-depth statistics compiled from James's study of box scores from the preceding season.

Question: Who read it?
Self-contained rewrite: Who read the first edition of The Bill James Baseball Abstract by Bill James?