Title: It ain't over 'til it's over : the Baseball prospectus pennant race book /
Authors: Goldman, Steven.
Publisher: Basic Books,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Baseball United States History.; Baseball teams United States History; Baseball players United States; Baseball Statistics.; Baseball Statistical methods.
Abstract: Using new statistical tools to evaluate hundreds of pennant races, presents the greatest ones in baseball history, and answers such questions as "Can one player carry a team?" and "How influential are mid-season trades?"
Contents: Introduction: Schrödinger's pennant race / Steven Goldman -- 1. 1967 American League: To fight the unbeatable foe / Jay Jaffe -- The summer of loving Carl Yastrzemski / Jay Jaffe -- Managers 2.0: Dick Williams and the men who ate Gene Mauch's lunch / Christina Kahrl -- 2. 1959 National League: Alston's L.A. confidential / Jay Jeffe -- The Braves dynasty that wasn't / Jay Jaffe -- The replacement-level killers / Jay Jeffe -- 3. 1948 and 1949 American league: Tyranicide / Steven Goldman -- The postwar period and competitive balance / Nate Silver -- What if Branch Rickey had run the Yankees? / Steven Goldman -- 4. 1908 National League: A foolish inconsistency / Steven Goldman -- Paper giants / Clay Davenport -- 5. 1964 National League: There is no expedient to which a man should not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking / Clifford J. Corcoran -- Brock and Trout: The greatest deadline deals of all time / Clifford J. Corcoran -- Dick Allen's aftermath / Allen Barra --^