The Beauty of Short Hops

How Chance and Circumstance Confound the Moneyball Approach to Baseball
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7864-6288-9
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 355 g

Sabermetrics, which evaluates baseball through largely objective methods involving statistics, has taken over the sport in recent years. 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, and taking particular note of odd plays and personalities, baseball is presented and examined as a compelling and vibrant sport--a vision that has been blocked by the obsession with numbers ushered in by sabermetrics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hirsch, Sheldon

Hirsch, Alan

Über Autor(innen)

Sheldon Hirsch's dreams of the major leagues died after a mediocre season as a high school junior. He is a nephrologist living outside of Chicago, and has published extensively in medical journals. Alan Hirsch, a visiting professor at Williams College, is the author of numerous books and articles. His articles on sports and other subjects have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, and Newsday, among many other publications. He also contributes a regular sports column to Frumforum