Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
ISBN: 9780307280329 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This smart and funny fan s guide to baseball explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will appeal to anyone whether you're a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or a beginner. What is the difference between a slider and a curveball? At which stadium did The Wave first make an appearance? How do some hitters use iPods to improve their skills? Which positions are never played by lefties? Why do some players urinate on their... This smart and funny fan s guide to baseball explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia a... |
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83,12 zł |
The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics
ISBN: 9780312322236 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most baseball fans, players and even team executives assume that the national pastime's infatuation with statistics is simply a by-product of the information age, a phenomenon that blossomed only after the arrival of Bill James and computers in the 1980s. They couldn't be more wrong. In this award-winning book, Alan Schwarz - whom bestselling Moneyball author Michael Lewis calls "one of today's best baseball journalists" - provides the first-ever history of baseball statistics, showing how baseball and its numbers have been inseparable ever since the pastime's birth in 1845.... Most baseball fans, players and even team executives assume that the national pastime's infatuation with statistics is simply a by-product of the i... |
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98,97 zł |
The Book on the Book: A Landmark Inquiry Into Which Strategies in the Modern Game Actually Work
ISBN: 9780312332655 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Picking up where Michael Lewis left off in Moneyball, he addresses the central questions of risk, reward, and value---on the field and off---and reveals what it takes to win." Die-hard fanatics will enjoy this comprehensive collection of groundbreaking baseball strategies, analyses, statistics, and studies This unique approach to understanding the "tried and true" methodologies of the game of baseball examines conventional elements like the steal, hit and run, and line-up construction. The Book on The Book offers an... "Picking up where Michael Lewis left off in Moneyball, he addresses the central questions of risk, reward, and value---on the field and off... |
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120,50 zł |
Curveball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game
ISBN: 9780387001937 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In its formative years, from the 1970s through the 1990s, sabermetrics was p- marily an amateur undertaking. Publications were aimed at a relatively small audience of baseball fans. To be sure, this ever-growing group of aficionados brought a lot of sophistication to baseball analysis, and were constantly looking for statistical insights beyond the listings of the top ten batters found in popular newspapers and magazines. But their influence on the baseball profession was very limited. A few consultants like Craig Wright developed temporary relati- ships with various teams, but none were able...
In its formative years, from the 1970s through the 1990s, sabermetrics was p- marily an amateur undertaking. Publications were aimed at a relatively s...
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196,31 zł |
Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game
ISBN: 9780387988160 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A look at baseball data from a statistical modeling perspective There is a fascination among baseball fans and the media to collect data on every imaginable event during a baseball game and this book addresses a number of questions that are of interest to many baseball fans. These include how to rate players, predict the outcome of a game or the attainment of an achievement, making sense of situational data, and deciding the most valuable players in the World Series. Aimed at a general audience, the text does not assume any prior background in probability or statistics, although a knowledge...
A look at baseball data from a statistical modeling perspective There is a fascination among baseball fans and the media to collect data on every ima...
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196,31 zł |
The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed
ISBN: 9780452289024 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Freakonomics meets Moneyball in this provocative expose of baseball's most fiercely debated controversies and some of its oldest, most dearly held myths Providing far more than a mere collection of numbers, economics professor and popular blogger J.C. Bradbury, shines the light of his economic thinking on baseball, exposing the power of tradeoffs, competition, and incentives. Utilizing his own ?sabernomic? approach, Bradbury dissects baseball topics such as:
? Did steroids have nothing to do with the recent homerun records? Incredibly, Bradbury's research... Freakonomics meets Moneyball in this provocative expose of baseball's most fiercely debated controversies and some of its oldest, mos...
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103,32 zł |
Pitching's Triple Crown Contenders: Baseball's Greatest Pitchers
ISBN: 9780595002580 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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85,89 zł |
The Triple Crown Contenders: Baseball's Greatest Hitters
ISBN: 9780595007646 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,50 zł |
Big League Brothers
ISBN: 9780595267767 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,37 zł |
Moon Shots and Short Hops: And Everything In Between
ISBN: 9780595288823 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,76 zł |
The Baseball Same Game: Finding Comparable Players from the National Pastime
ISBN: 9780595354573 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever since there has been a professional game, baseball fans have enjoyed debating comparisons of one player to another--both contemporaries and players across various eras in the sport's history. "The Baseball Same Game" adds to those debates. However, rather than focus on the traditional "Who's better?" arguments (such as "Mantle or Mays?" or "Ruth or Aaron?") "The Baseball Same Game" takes on the particular cases of "Which players were the same?" Unique baseball metrics--apart from those common and conventional baseball statistics that one would typically see on the back of a player's...
Ever since there has been a professional game, baseball fans have enjoyed debating comparisons of one player to another--both contemporaries and playe...
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81,59 zł |
Covering the Bases: Making Sense of Bill James' Statistical Nonsense
ISBN: 9780595389483 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,59 zł |
Moon Shots and Short Hops: And Everything In Between
ISBN: 9780595659265 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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98,81 zł |
Baseball Hacks: Tips & Tools for Analyzing and Winning with Statistics
ISBN: 9780596009427 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baseball Hacks isn't your typical baseball book--it's a book about how to watch, research, and understand baseball. It's an instruction manual for the free baseball databases. It's a cookbook for baseball research. Every part of this book is designed to teach baseball fans how to do something. In short, it's a how-to book--one that will increase your enjoyment and knowledge of the game. So much of the way baseball is played today hinges upon interpreting statistical data. Players are acquired based on their performance in statistical categories that ownership deems most... Baseball Hacks isn't your typical baseball book--it's a book about how to watch, research, and understand baseball. It's an instruction manu... |
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107,58 zł |
Baseball's All-Time Best Hitters: How Statistics Can Level the Playing Field
ISBN: 9780691123431 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tony Gwynn is the greatest hitter in the history of baseball. That's the conclusion of this engaging and provocative analysis of baseball's all-time best hitters. Michael Schell challenges the traditional list of all-time hitters, which places Ty Cobb first, Gwynn 16th, and includes just 8 players whose prime came after 1960. Schell argues that the raw batting averages used as the list's basis should be adjusted to take into account that hitters played in different eras, with different rules, and in different ballparks. He makes those adjustments and produces a new list of the best 100... Tony Gwynn is the greatest hitter in the history of baseball. That's the conclusion of this engaging and provocative analysis of baseball's all-tim... |
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188,04 zł |
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches
ISBN: 9780743261586 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them -- these days it's the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information. That's what preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer realized over lunch more than a dozen years ago. Since then, they've been compiling the centerpiece of this book, the "Pitcher Census," which lists specific information for nearly two thousand pitchers, ranging throughout the history of professional baseball. The Guide also offers:
Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them -- these days it's the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a |
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124,80 zł |
The Pacific Coast League: A Statistical History, 1903-1957
ISBN: 9780786400454 / Angielski / Miękka / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Valuable--Dugout; The Pacific Coast League enjoys a reputation as one of the premier minor leagues in organized baseball. This reference work is a season-by-season guide to the glory days of the PCL. It includes a listing of starters and primary reserves for all teams from 1903 through 1957, as well as playoff results, managerial records, and statistical leaders for each season. Complete PCL records for over 500 of the circuit's most notable players are also provided.
Valuable--Dugout; The Pacific Coast League enjoys a reputation as one of the premier minor leagues in organized baseball. This reference work is a sea...
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247,08 zł |
Outrageous Fortune: What's Wrong with Hall of Fame Voting and How to Make It Statistically Sound
ISBN: 9780786411269 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This critical and statistical study identifies the errors of selection and omission in hall of fame voting. It proposes a method that adapts objective, statistical criteria to the selection process and that preserves the positives of the existing system while reducing injustices.
This critical and statistical study identifies the errors of selection and omission in hall of fame voting. It proposes a method that adapts objective...
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126,78 zł |
Deconstructing Major League Baseball, 1991-2004: How Statistics Illuminate Individual and Team Performances
ISBN: 9780786425372 / Angielski / Miękka / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baseball is a readily quantifiable sport, and baseball historians, journalists and front office personnel often use sabermetric statistics to rank the performance of a particular player or team. To many, these statistics can be intimidating and unwieldy, and the reliance on numerical data to explain a cherished pastime often meets with skepticism and confusion. For researchers and for serious fans, however, the truth is in the numbers, and statistical rankings offer an easy and accurate way to understand the game. Covering almost a decade and a half, this work scrutinizes statistics from both...
Baseball is a readily quantifiable sport, and baseball historians, journalists and front office personnel often use sabermetric statistics to rank the...
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307,35 zł |
Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook
ISBN: 9780786428410 / Angielski / Miękka / 365 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book--the first in the English language to contain an exhaustive collection of Japanese baseball data--presents basic statistical information and listings for every Japanese professional baseball season from 1936 through 1997. The first part contains yearly breakdowns of team standings; qualifiers for batting and earned run championships; leaders in home runs, runs batted in, wins and strikeouts; all-star game results; Japan Series results; Best Nine selections; Gold Glove selections; and award winners. Sections on career records and single-season records are provided in the second part...
This book--the first in the English language to contain an exhaustive collection of Japanese baseball data--presents basic statistical information and...
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247,08 zł |