Sheldon Hirsch
1) The beauty of short hops: how chance and circumstance confound the moneyball approach to baseball
Author
Publisher
McFarland
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
"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, baseball is presented and examined as a compelling and vibrant sport"--Provided by publisher.