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Author:
Hirsch, Sheldon, 1955-
Title:
The beauty of short hops : how chance and circumstance confound the moneyball approach to baseball / Sheldon Hirsch and Alan Hirsch.
Publisher:
McFarland,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
v, 206 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Baseball--Statistical methods.
Baseball--Mathematical models.
Other Authors:
Hirsch, Alan, 1959-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"This critical text exposes the fatal flaws of sabermetrics, demonstrating how it fails on its own terms, as it cannot evaluate baseball in terms of social science and offers only limited guidance for assembling a team and managing games. Drawing on examples from baseball past and present, baseball is presented and examined as a compelling and vibrant sport"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0786462884 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786462889 (softcover : alk. paper) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)689522313
LCCN:
2010054077
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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