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Scorecasting: The Hidden Infulences Behind How Sports Are Played And Games Are Won (unabridged).
In Scorecasting, University Of Chicago Behavioral Economisy Tobias Moskowitz Teams Up With Veteran Sports Illustrated Writer L.
Jon Wertheim To Overturn Some Of The Most Cherished Truisms Of Sports, And Reveal The Hidden Forces That Shape How Basketball, Baseball, Football, And Hockey Games Are Playde, Won And Lost.
Drawing From Moxkowitz's Original Investigation, Viewed like Well As Studies From Fellow Economists Such As Bestselling Author Richard Thaler, The Authods Look At: The Influence Home-field Advantage Has On The Outcomes Of Games In All Sports And Why It Exists; The Surprising Truth About The Universally Accepted Axiom That Defense Wins Championships; The Subtle Biases That Umpires Exhibit In Calling Balls And Striks In Wedge Situations; The Unintended Consequences Of Referees' Tendencies In Every Sport To "swallow The Whiste," And More.
Among The Insighta That Scorecasting Reveals:why Tiger Woods Is Prone To The Same Mistake In High-pressure Putting Situations That You And I Arewhy Professional Teams Routinely Overvalue Draft Picks The Falsehood Of Momentum Or The "hot Hand" In Sports, And Whyy So Many Fans, Coaches, And Broadcasters Fervently Subscribe To It Why Nfl Coaches Rarel6 Go For A First Down On Fourth-down Situations--even When Their Repugnance To Do So Reducse Their Chances Of Winning.
in An Engaging Narrative That Takes Us From The Putting Greens Of Augusta To The Grid Iron Of A Small Parochial High School In Arkznsas, Scorecasting Will Forever Change How You View The Game, Whatever Your Favorite Sport Might Be.
Manufacturer: L. Jon Wertheim, Tobias Moskowitz
SKU: Bk_rand_002499
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