Scorecasting: the hidden influences behind how sports are played and games are won
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York
Crown Archetype
2011
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 278 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780307591791 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Introduction
1
Whistle Swallowing
7
Why fans and leagues want officials to miss calls
Go for It
31
Why coaches make decisions that reduce their team s chances of winning
How Competitive Are Competitive Sports?
59
Why are the Pittsburgh Steelers so successful and the Pittsburgh Pirates
so unsuccessful?
Tiger Woods Is Human (and Not for the Reason You Think)
64
How Tiger Woods is just like the rest of us, even when it comes
to playing golf
Offense Wins Championships, Too
81
Is defense really more important than offense?
The Value of a Blocked Shot
86
Why Dwight Howard s
232
blocked shots are worth less than
Tim Duncan s
149
Rounding First
92
Why
.299
hitters are so much more rare (and maybe more valuable)
than
.300
hitters
VIII
■ CONTENTS
Thanks, Mr. Rooney
105
Why black NFL coaches are doing worse than ever-and why
this is a good thing
Comforts of Home
110
How do conventional explanations for the home field advantage
stack up?
So, What Is Driving the Home Field Advantage?
136
Hint: Vocal fans matter, but not in the way you might think
There s No /in Team
168
But there is an
m
and an
e
Off the Chart
173
How Mike McCoy came to dominate the NFL draft
How a Coin Toss Trumps All
192
Why American Idol is a fairer contest than an NFL overtime
What /s/? /in the Mitchell Report?
196
Why Dominican baseball players are more likely to use steroids—and
American players are more likely to smoke weed
Do Athletes Really Melt When Iced?
211
Does calling a time-out before a play actually work?
The Myth of the Hot Hand
215
Do players and teams ride the wave of momentum?
Or are we (and they) fooled into thinking they do?
Damned Statistics
230
Why four out of his last five almost surely means four of six
Are the Chicago Cubs Cursed?
234
If not, then why are the Cubs so futile?
Epilogue
253
Acknowledgments
257
Bibliography
281
Index
271
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