Books : Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

View Shopping Cart or Checkout

Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

by: Tobias Moskowitz, L. Jon Wertheim

List Price: $15.00

Amazon.com's Price: $10.20

You Save: $4.80 (32%)
as of 05/22/2012 06:32 EDT

Used Price: $6.49
Third Party New Price: $7.40

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780307591807
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 0307591808
Item Dimensions: 8005134662
Label: Three Rivers Press
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Studio: Three Rivers Press

Related Items:

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.

Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships; the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees' tendencies in every sport to "swallow the whistle," and more.

Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals:

Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in high-pressure putting situations that you and I are

Why professional teams routinely overvalue draft picks

The myth of momentum or the "hot hand" in sports, and why so many fans, coaches, and broadcasters fervently subscribe to it

Why NFL coaches rarely go for a first down on fourth-down situations--even when their reluctance to do so reduces their chances of winning.

In an engaging narrative that takes us from the putting greens of Augusta to the grid iron of a small parochial high school in Arkansas, Scorecasting will forever change how you view the game, whatever your favorite sport might be.

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: none

Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display

Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Abraham, Adam, David, Isaac, Job, Joseph, Judith, Moses

Informative site dedictated to god, religion and ethics

Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

Books by Joseph Ratzinger

Catholic Books

Books about Jesus

Books about Orthodoxy

Books about Mormonism

Books about Evangelism

Books about Protestantism

Books about Buddhism