Title
Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution,New
Delivery time: 8-12 business days (International)
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 baseballs present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information, and how tradition can trump logic.Forget batting average. Kill the Win. Say goodbye to starting pitchers. And please, please stop bunting. MLB Network anchor and commentator Brian Kenny provides an excellent, entertaining read for the allaround baseball fan (Library Journal) and shows how baseball has been revolutionizednot destroyedby analytical thinking.Most people who resist logical thought in baseball preach tradition and respecting the game. But many of baseballs traditions go back to the nineteenth century, when the pitchers job was to provide the batter with a ball he could hit and fielders played without gloves. Instead of fearing change, Brian Kenny wants fans to think critically, reject outmoded groupthink, and embrace the changes that have come with the sabermetric era. In his entertaining and enlightening book, Kenny discusses why the pitching winloss record, the Triple Crown, fielding errors, and socalled battling titles should be ignored. He also points out how fossilized sportswriters have been electing the wrong MVPs and ignoring legitimate candidates for the Hall of Fame; why managers are hired based on their looks; and how the most important position in baseball may just be Director of Decision Sciences.Prepare to have your brain and your assumptions challenged. Guided by data and a deep love of the game, Brian Kenny takes a cuttingedge look at where baseball is and where it is going (Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated). Illustrated with unique anecdotes from those who have reshaped the game, Ahead of the Curve is a great story about the game in the age of information and technology (Billy Beane).
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