Statistics category: 3298 books
The Baseball
Stunts, Scandals, and Secrets Beneath the Stitches
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
The Baseball is a salute to the ball, filled with insider trivia, anecdotes, and generations of ball-induced insanity.
Which Hall of Famer once caught a ball dropped from an airplane?
Why do balls get stamped with invisible ink?
What’s the best ticket to buy for catching a foul ball?
Which...
Big Data Baseball
Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
New York Times Bestseller
After twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team morale was low, the club's payroll ranked near the bottom of the sport, game attendance was down, and the city was becoming increasingly disenchanted with its team. Pittsburghers joked their town...
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers
An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2008
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...
by Ryder Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Test your knowledge with these hardball questions about your favorite team—all the sluggers, hurlers, and greatest moments in Atlanta Braves history … 51 questions to challenge the diehard Braves fan.
by Michael Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
In 1989, Michael Lewis reported on the potential effects of an earthquake in Japan on world financial markets. His insights are once again timely, and they are presented here as a stand-alone essay with a new introduction: “Real Versus Imaginary Japanese Earthquakes.”
In the late 1980s,...
Summary of The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Summary of The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Includes Analysis Preview: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a philosophical treatment of Taleb's research on highly improbable, high-impact events. These events, which Taleb calls “Black Swans,”...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the Top Baseball Pitchers of All Time, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the Top Baseball Team Owners of All Time, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Greatest Team Owners in Baseball History: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating...
Ahead of the Curve
Inside the Baseball Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
“A delight for baseball lovers” (Kirkus Reviews) and “one of the most significant baseball books of the year” (Bob Costas) Ahead of the Curve uses stories from baseball’s present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information, and how tradition can trump logic.
Forget...
Five-Plus Tools
The Past, Present, and Future of Baseball through the Eyes of a Scout
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Five-Plus Tools” is a scouting term that refers to a rare and elite type of amateur baseball prospect. A player with five-plus tools grades out well above average in all five skill areas, known as tools: hitting, power, running, throwing, and fielding.
While most baseball fans critique...
The Way We'll Be
The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
According to super pollster John Zogby, whom The Washington Post calls “the maverick predictor,” the conventional wisdom about the United States–that we’re isolated from the world, politically fragmented, and inclined toward material pleasure–isn’t just flawed; it may be 180 degrees from...
Feitenkennis
10 redenen waarom we een verkeerd beeld van de wereld hebben en waarom het beter gaat dan je denkt
Language: Dutch
Release Date: April 5, 2018
'Een van de belangrijkste boeken die ik ooit heb gelezen.' Bill Gates
'Iedereen zou dit boek moeten lezen.' de Volkskrant
Wat is nu de gemiddelde levensverwachting in de wereld?
Hoeveel meisjes maken de basisschool af?
Welk percentage van de wereldbevolking leeft in armoede?
Hoeveel kinderen...
The Working Life
The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
A wide-ranging look at the allure and changing significance of work.With seductions, misunderstandings, and misinformation everywhere, this immensely readable book calls for a new contract--with ourselves.
Drawing from history, mythology, literature, pop culture, and practical experience, Ciulla...