Scorecasting
Subtitle: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780307591791
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Whistle swallowing : why fans and leagues want officials to miss calls; title: Go for it : why coaches make decisions that reduce their team's chances of winning; title: How competitive are competitive sports? : Why are the Pittsburgh Steelers so successful and the Pittsburgh Pirates so unsuccessful?; title: Tiger Woods is human (and not for the reason you think) : how Tiger Woods is just like the rest of us, even when it comes to playing golf; title: Offense wins championships, too : is defense really more important than offense?; title: The value of a blocked shot : why Dwight Howard's 232 blocked shots are worth less than Tim Duncan's 149; title: Rounding first : why .299 hitters are so much more rare (and maybe more valuable) than .300 hitters; title: Thanks, Mr. Rooney : why black NFL coaches are doing worse than ever, and why this is a good thing; title: Comforts of home : how do conventional explanations for the home field advantage stack up?; title: So, what is driving the home field advantage? : Hint: vocal fans matter, but not in the way you might think; title: There's no I in team : but there is an m and an e; title: Off the chart : how Mike McCoy came to dominate the NFL draft; title: How a coin toss trumps all : why American Idol is a fairer contest than an NFL overtime; title: What isn't in the Mitchell Report? : Why Dominican baseball players are more likely to use steroids and American players are more likely to smoke weed; title: Do athletes really melt when iced? : Does calling a time-out before a play actually work?; title: The myth of the hot hand : do players and teams ride the wave of momentum? Or are we (and they) fooled into thinking they do?; title: Damned statistics : why "four out of his last five" almost surely means four of six; title: Are the Chicago Cubs cursed? : lf not, then why are the Cubs so futile?; title: Epilogue