Ahead of the Curve
Inside the Baseball Revolution
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: viii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
MLB Network host and commentator Brian Kenny uses stories from baseball's present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information, and how tradition can trump logic, even when directly contradicted by evidence.
Contents:
1. The Herd -- 2. Good looking beats good pitching -- 3. The will to (not) win -- 4. The Epiphany -- 5. The Godfather -- 6. The tyranny of the batting average -- 7. Kill the win -- 8. Kill the save too -- 9. Bullpenning -- 10. When bad contracts happen to good people -- 11. Hall of Fame -- 12. Triple Crown--a love story -- 13. The mis-education of the voting sportswriter -- 14. The 1941 MVP--Blind squirrels find nut -- 15. Department of Decision Sciences -- 16. The year of getting smart -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
9781501106330
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Baseball Ken | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) and index.