Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. First Printing. 6.25"x9.25" 353 indexed numb. pgs. Red card stock spine w/gold foil embossed letters over navy boards. DJ design by Michael Nagin. Jacket photo by Deborah Feingold. Interior design by Ruth Lee-Jui. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped ($28.00), unmarked. Secure ship in box w/track #. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #17219
ISBN: 9781501106330
“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 baseball’s 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 all-around baseball fan” (Library Journal) and shows how baseball has been revolutionized—not destroyed—by analytical thinking. Most people who resist logical thought in baseball preach “tradition” and “respecting the game.” But many of baseball’s traditions go back to the nineteenth centur... Source: Publisher.
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