Описание: The Cooperstown Chronicles is an entertaining look at the unusual lives, strange demises, and downright rowdy habits of some of the most colorful personalities in the history of baseball. Frank Russo goes beyond the stats and delves into each player`s personality, his life outside of baseball, and even his final resting place.
Описание: Makes an in-depth case for the induction of seven Mets and Yankees, and evaluates many more who have been looked over, for a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Giving these players a fresh look, the book uses advanced stats that weren`t around when these men were playing and places traditional stats in the context of their era.
Автор: Kuenster Robert Название: Baseball`s Top 10: Ranking the Best Major League Players by Position ISBN: 1442245689 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442245686 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 8448.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book profiles the top ten major league ballplayers at every position. Each chapter starts with an overview of the position and how the players were chosen, with compelling stats that support the rankings. Player entries include original interviews, individual achievements, stats, and biographical information.
Описание: The knuckleball-an unusual pitch that few can master-has been a part of major league baseball since the early 1900s, and continues to be used to this day. This book is a detailed account of the best knuckleball pitchers in the history of baseball, including Hoyt Wilhelm, Phil Niekro, Dutch Leonard, Jim Bouton, Tim Wakefield, and R.A. Dickey.
Описание: Using exclusive rare interviews, Frommer evokes the lives of Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson by describing how they worked together to shatter baseball`s color line. Rickey and Robinson is a dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball`s most influential individuals in a marker moment in sports and cultural history.
Описание: Move over, Moneyball -- this New York Times bestseller examines major league baseball's next cutting-edge revolution: the high-tech quest to build better players. As bestselling authors Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik reveal in The MVP Machine, the Moneyball era is over. Fifteen years after Michael Lewis brought the Oakland Athletics' groundbreaking team-building strategies to light, every front office takes a data-driven approach to evaluating players, and the league's smarter teams no longer have a huge advantage in valuing past performance. Lindbergh and Sawchik's behind-the-scenes reporting reveals:
How the 2017 Astros and 2018 Red Sox used cutting-edge technology to win the World Series
How undersized afterthoughts Jos Altuve and Mookie Betts became big sluggers and MVPs
How polarizing pitcher Trevor Bauer made himself a Cy Young contender
How new analytical tools have overturned traditional pitching and hitting techniques
How a wave of young talent is making MLB both better than ever and arguably worse to watch
Instead of out-drafting, out-signing, and out-trading their rivals, baseball's best minds have turned to out-developing opponents, gaining greater edges than ever by perfecting prospects and eking extra runs out of older athletes who were once written off. Lindbergh and Sawchik take us inside the transformation of former fringe hitters into home-run kings, show how washed-up pitchers have emerged as aces, and document how coaching and scouting are being turned upside down. The MVP Machine charts the future of a sport and offers a lesson that goes beyond baseball: Success stems not from focusing on finished products, but from making the most of untapped potential.
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