Solid fool's gold
Subtitle: detours on the way to conventional wisdom
By: by Bill James
Publisher: ACTA Sports
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780879464592
Subjects: Miscellanea; Wit and humor; Baseball; Anecdotes
Notes: "Articles originally published on Bill James Online."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Predicting RBI; title: And in a related story; title: Random vs. responsive performance by starting pitchers; title: Rickie Wiki Leaks - "Late" careers; title: Stink-o-meter; title: Advertising; title: Thirty-three rotations; title: Inches per hour; title: The expansion time bomb; title: Shakespeare and Verlander; title: TSA; title: Hot pitchers; title: Justice McReynolds and Buck O'Neil; title: Olympic NASCAR racing; title: The greatest pitchers' duels 1980s; title: Tipping; title: The minor league pyramid; title: Stoplights and cameras; title: Battling expertise with the power of ignorance; title: The law of competitive advantage; title: Acknowledgements.