Release Date:- 2007-03-15
Availability:- In Stock
Kind:- ebook
Freakonomics meets Moneyball in this provocative exposĆ© of baseballās 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 āsabernomicā approach, Bradbury dissects baseball topics such as:
ā¢ Did steroids have nothing to do with the recent homerun records? Incredibly, Bradburyās research reveals steroids probably had little impact.
ā¢ Which players are ridiculously overvalued? Bradbury lists all players by team with their revenue value to the team listed in dollarsāincluding a dishonor role of those players with negative valuesāupdated in paperback to include the 2007 season.
ā¢ Does it help to lobby for balls and strikes?
Statistics alone arenāt enough anymore. This is a refreshing, lucid, and powerful read for fans, fantasy buffs, and playersāas well as coaches at all levelsāwho want to know what is really happening on the field.
