Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, (Paperback)

from nbmars

"Everyone knows" there is such a thing as the "home field advantage," but just why does it exist? Additionally, "everyone knows" that "defense wins championships," - we have Michael Jordan's word for that-but does it? And of course, "everyone knows" the importance of "momentum" in sports - everyo...

from SamSattler

Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim have written a book for sports fans that, as its subtitle says, explores “the hidden influences behind how sports are played and games are won.” Scorecasting does pretty much deliver the goods, but some of what is revealed is at times a bit underwhelming since co...

from Brainannex

I am a fan of some sports but not all. However, if you are interested in any sport, this book is worth a look. After I got the gist of the book (a few chapters in) I admit I skipped to the sections that featured my favorite sports. The ideas posited are engaging and I found myself nodding along w...

from MartinBodek

Freakonomics x sports (here's the irony) steroids. This book was delicious for a stat-geek like me. Much of this stuff I had long suspected, but now I have a book to back me up. There's a Gladwellian underlying theme here, but the authors do one better. Where Gladwell peppers a narrative with uns...

from sophiea

Interesting book with a neat perspective on athletics and sports strategy. Gives students creative minds to work in sports and helps them with reading skills at the same time