Jeff Passan: 4 books
The Arm
Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Yahoo’s lead baseball columnist offers an in-depth look at the most valuable commodity in sports—the pitching arm—and how its vulnerability to injury is hurting players and the game, from Little League to the majors.
Every year, Major League Baseball spends more than $1.5 billion on pitchers—five...
Death to the BCS: Totally Revised and Updated
The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
With all-new reporting, a completely revised and updated second edition of the bestseller that takes down the Great Satan of college sports: the Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
Every college sport picks its champion by a postseason tournament, except for one: Divsiion I-A football. Instead...
Death to the BCS
The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
A team of award-winning sports reporters takes down the Great Satan of college sports: the Bowl Championship Series.
Every college sport picks its champion by a postseason tournament, except for one: Division I-A football. Instead of a tournament, fans are subjected to the Bowl Championship...
The Shift
The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
With its three-hour-long contests, 162-game seasons, and countless measurable variables, baseball is a sport which lends itself to self-reflection and obsessive analysis. It's a thinking game. It's also a shifting game. Nowhere is this more evident than in the statistical revolution which has swept...