ASIN: B01LK0VWUA
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 167
Number-crunching has revolutionized baseball. Through its new dependence on advanced statistics, known as sabermetrics, the game has taken on a new language that sometimes is difficult to understand. This book is an introduction to the basics of analytical terms, and to the people, websites, and organizations, who are creating and discussing these new tools of measurement. We have attempted to explain these novel concepts as simply as possible and to discuss their various applications in today’s game. By starting to understand this process, fans like you can become more astute at critiquing the decision-makers who put teams together, assess the game-time strategies made by field managers, and discuss the overall performance by everyday players. In writing this book, we contacted minor league managers, broadcasters, and administrators and those professionals who were developing ...
