{"product_id":"sabermetrics-baseball-steroids-and-how-the-game-has-changed-over-the-past-two-generations-paperback-9780128223451","title":"Sabermetrics; Baseball, Steroids, and How the Game has Changed Over the Past Two Generations (Paperback) 9780128223451","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSabermetrics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBaseball, Steroids, and How the Game has Changed Over the Past Two Generations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvides an accessible introduction to the practice of sabermetrics in context with recent trends and issues in baseball\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGabriel B. Costa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780128223451, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, Approx. 150 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.25 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabermetrics: Baseball, Steroids, and How the Game has Changed Over the Past Two Generations\u003c\/i\u003e offers an introduction to this increasing area of interest to statisticians, students of the game, and many others. Pairing a primer on the applied math with an overview of the origin of the field and its context within baseball today, the work provides an engaging resource for students and interested readers. It includes coverage of relevant baseball history, Bill James and SABR, broken records and steroids.   \u003cp\u003eDrawing on the author’s experience teaching the subject at Seton Hall University since 1988, \u003ci\u003eSabermetrics\u003c\/i\u003e also offers practice questions and solutions for class use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. An appreciation of baseball and its mathematics\u003cbr\u003e2. Is baseball still the national pastime?\u003cbr\u003e3. Baseball before steroids\u003cbr\u003e4. Bill James and the genesis of sabermetrics\u003cbr\u003e5. Rattling the sabermetrics\u003cbr\u003e6. The annihilation of records: Where have you gone, Babe Ruth?\u003cbr\u003e7. Steroids, etc.\u003cbr\u003e8. Scandal scarred: A discussion of our national pastime’s controversial history\u003cbr\u003e9. The last inning\u003cbr\u003e10. Epilogue: Where have we been? Where do we go from here? A final word from the editor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Probability \u0026amp; statistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Probability \u0026amp; statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Probability%20\u0026amp;%20statistics%20%5BPBT%5D%22\"\u003ePBT\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46650285326616,"sku":"9780128223451","price":72.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780128223451.jpg?v=1694107276","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sabermetrics-baseball-steroids-and-how-the-game-has-changed-over-the-past-two-generations-paperback-9780128223451","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}