The inside game : bad calls, strange moves, and what baseball behavior teaches us about ourselves /...
The inside game : bad calls, strange moves, and what baseball behavior teaches us about ourselves /...
The inside game : bad calls, strange moves, and what baseball behavior teaches us about ourselves / Keith Law.
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Publisher
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Call Numbers
G 2021/0822
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 263 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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 al...
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Publisher
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
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.
Baseball is a sport of decisions-- some small and routine, becoming the building blocks of the game; others so huge they dictate the future of franchises. Law offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball. He explains what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped t...
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The inside game : bad calls, strange moves, and what baseball behavior teaches us about ourselves / Keith Law.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2020
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G 2021/0822
Record Identifier
74VKaRmkbzpb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRmkbzpb
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ISBN
9780062942722
DDC
796.35764
MMS ID
991024390512902626
