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The inside game : bad calls, strange moves, and what baseball behavior teaches us about ourselves
Book |
First edition. |
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
New York, NY :
[2020]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Fort Erie Library System
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | SPORTS BASE LAW 2020 | Sports - Base | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
Keith Law applies Daniel Kahneman's ideas about decision making to the game of baseball, and deepens our knowledge of the sport in this fun and deeply informative book.
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Details
- ISBN: 9780062942722
- ISBN: 9780062942739
- Physical Description: printviii, 263 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: The case for robot umpires: How anchoring bias influence strike zones and everything else -- Never judge an iceberg by its tip: How availability bias shapes the way commentators talk about sports -- Winning despite your best efforts: Outcome bias and why winning can be the most misleading stat of all -- But this is how we've always done it: Why groupthink alone doesn't make baseball myths true -- For every Clayton Kershaw there are ten Kasey Kikers: Base-rate neglect and why it's still a bad idea to draft high school pitchers in the first round -- History is written by the survivors: pitch count bingo and why "Nolan Ryan" isn't a counterargument -- Cold water on hot streaks: Recency bias and the danger of using just the latest data to predict the future -- Grady Little's long eighth-inning walk: Status quo and why doing nothing is the easiest bad call -- Tomorrow, this will be someone else's problem: How moral hazard distorts decision-making for GMs, college coaches, and more -- Pete Rose's Lionel Hutz defense: The principal-agent problem and how misaligned incentives shape bad baseball decisions -- Throwing good money after bad: The sunk cost fallacy and why teams don't "eat" money -- The happy fun ball: Optimism bias and the problem of seeing what we want to see -- Good decisions: Baseball executives talk about their thought processes behind smart trades and signings.