The Shift : The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking (Paperback)

from joeldinda

It's a good book of baseball analysis, but I expected something more systematic. Each chapter starts with a little essay about something in Carleton's life--not usually directly related to baseball, but always interesting. From there we might get a systematic essay, but more often we get fragment...

from Castlelass

Non-fiction about sabermetrics, which the author defines as “a term that loosely refers to the study of baseball through the scientific method.” Carleton provides an analysis of the recent shifts in baseball strategy and tactics due to the application of in-depth analytics in recent times. In his...

from JNSelko

An eye-opening book on the new analytics of baseball, well written and easy to understand.

from SamSattler

I have watched or listened to around 150 baseball games (major league, college, high school) per season most years since 1962 when Houston first fielded a team in the National League. I was finally rewarded with a World Series victory in 2017, and that was amazing. But perhaps even more amazing t...

from JNSelko

An eye-opening book on the new analytics of baseball, well written and easy to understand.