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The Best Team Money Can Buy

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse

de Molly Knight ...

**With a new Afterword covering the 2015 season.The bestselling, inside-the-clubhouse story of two tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were re-made from top to bottom, becoming the most talked-about and most colorful team in baseball. “It’s as if Molly Knight ushers you behind the closed clubhouse doors.” (Buster Olney, ESPN)**In 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers were bought out of bankruptcy ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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**With a new Afterword covering the 2015 season.The bestselling, inside-the-clubhouse story of two tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were re-made from top to bottom, becoming the most talked-about and most colorful team in baseball. “It’s as if Molly Knight ushers you behind the closed clubhouse doors.” (Buster Olney, ESPN)**In 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers were bought out of bankruptcy
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No Better Time

The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet

de Molly Knight Raskin ...

The true life story of the entrepreneur who improved the internet—and sacrificed his life to save others on 9/eleven.No Better Time tells of a young, driven mathematical genius who wrote a set of algorithms that would create a faster, better Internet. It's the story of a beautiful friendship between a loud, irreverent student and his soft-spoken MIT professor, of a husband and father who spent ... Leer más

$18.79 USD

The true life story of the entrepreneur who improved the internet—and sacrificed his life to save others on 9/eleven.No Better Time tells of a young, driven mathematical genius who wrote a set of algorithms that would create a faster, better Internet. It's the story of a beautiful friendship between a loud, irreverent student and his soft-spoken MIT professor, of a husband and father who spent
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The Best Team Money Can Buy

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse

de Molly Knight ...

Narrado por Hillary Huber ...

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11 hora 38 minutos

In 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers were bought out of bankruptcy in the most expensive sale in sports history. Los Angeles icon Magic Johnson and his partners hoped to put together a team worthy of Hollywood. By most accounts they have succeeded, if not always in the way they might have imagined.In The Best Team Money Can Buy, Molly Knight tells the story of the Dodgers' 2013 and 2014 seasons. She ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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In 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers were bought out of bankruptcy in the most expensive sale in sports history. Los Angeles icon Magic Johnson and his partners hoped to put together a team worthy of Hollywood. By most accounts they have succeeded, if not always in the way they might have imagined.In The Best Team Money Can Buy, Molly Knight tells the story of the Dodgers' 2013 and 2014 seasons. She
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Big Hair and Plastic Grass

A Funky Ride through Baseball and America in the Swinging ’70s

de Dan Epstein ...

Narrado por Dan Epstein ...

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12 hora 54 minutos

The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball’s most colorful and controversial decade.The Major Leagues witnessed more dramatic stories and changes in the ‘70s than in any other era. The American popular culture and counterculture collided head-on with the national pastime, rocking the once-conservative sport to its very foundations.Outspoken players ... Leer más

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The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball’s most colorful and controversial decade.The Major Leagues witnessed more dramatic stories and changes in the ‘70s than in any other era. The American popular culture and counterculture collided head-on with the national pastime, rocking the once-conservative sport to its very foundations.Outspoken players
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Big Data Baseball

Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak

de Travis Sawchik ...

Narrado por Peter Larkin ...

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8 hora 30 minutos

Big Data Baseball provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Pittsburgh Pirates used big data strategies to end the longest losing streak in North American pro sports history.New York Times BestsellerAfter twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team morale was low, the club’s payroll ranked near the bottom of the sport, game attendance was down, and the city was becoming ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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Big Data Baseball provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Pittsburgh Pirates used big data strategies to end the longest losing streak in North American pro sports history.New York Times BestsellerAfter twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team morale was low, the club’s payroll ranked near the bottom of the sport, game attendance was down, and the city was becoming
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The Only Rule Is It Has to Work

Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team

de Sam Miller, Ben Lindbergh ...

Narrado por John Pruden, Kirby Heyborne ...

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13 hora 20 minutos

It's the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies—with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That's what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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It's the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies—with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That's what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced
... Leer más

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Monsters

The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football

de Rich Cohen ...

Narrado por Tom Taylorson ...

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10 hora 47 minutos

The gripping account of a once-in-a-lifetime football team and their lone championship seasonFor Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the 1985 Chicago Bears were more than a football team: they were the greatest football team ever—a gang of colorful nuts, dancing and pounding their way to victory. They won a Super Bowl and saved a city.It was not just that the Monsters of the Midway won but how ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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The gripping account of a once-in-a-lifetime football team and their lone championship seasonFor Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the 1985 Chicago Bears were more than a football team: they were the greatest football team ever—a gang of colorful nuts, dancing and pounding their way to victory. They won a Super Bowl and saved a city.It was not just that the Monsters of the Midway won but how
... Leer más

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Big Data Baseball

Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak

de Travis Sawchik ...

The New York Times bestseller: "A useful, entertaining look back at how the Pirates turned a small market, longtime loser into a playoff team." — Baseball AmericaAfter twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team morale was low, the club's payroll ranked near the bottom of the sport, game attendance was down, and the city was becoming increasingly disenchanted with its team. ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

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The New York Times bestseller: "A useful, entertaining look back at how the Pirates turned a small market, longtime loser into a playoff team." — Baseball AmericaAfter twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team morale was low, the club's payroll ranked near the bottom of the sport, game attendance was down, and the city was becoming increasingly disenchanted with its team.
... Leer más

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The Only Rule Is It Has to Work

Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team

de Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller ...

"A kind of gonzo Moneyball": The New York Times–bestseller about two statistics-minded outsiders being allowed to run a professional baseball team ( New York Times Book Review).It's the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies—with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That's what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

"A kind of gonzo Moneyball": The New York Times–bestseller about two statistics-minded outsiders being allowed to run a professional baseball team ( New York Times Book Review).It's the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies—with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That's what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam
... Leer más

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The Inside Game

Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves

de Keith Law ...

A study of some of baseball's best & worst decisions, what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how they shaped the game."Law's take is as entertaining as it is informative. This intelligent and accessible work is a grand slam." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Baseball is a sport of decisions. Some are small and seemingly routine—what pitch to throw, when to pull a pitcher from ... Leer más

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A study of some of baseball's best & worst decisions, what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how they shaped the game."Law's take is as entertaining as it is informative. This intelligent and accessible work is a grand slam." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Baseball is a sport of decisions. Some are small and seemingly routine—what pitch to throw, when to pull a pitcher from
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The MVP Machine

How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

de Ben Lindbergh, Travis Sawchik ...

Move over, Moneyball―this New York Times bestseller examines major league baseball's next cutting-edge revolution: the high-tech quest to build better players."A convincing, and faith-restoring, case that genuine, unadulterated miracles can happen in baseball."―Washington PostAs bestselling authors Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik reveal in the New York Times–bestselling The MVP Machine, the ... ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Move over, Moneyball―this New York Times bestseller examines major league baseball's next cutting-edge revolution: the high-tech quest to build better players."A convincing, and faith-restoring, case that genuine, unadulterated miracles can happen in baseball."―Washington PostAs bestselling authors Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik reveal in the New York Times–bestselling The MVP Machine, the ...
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Smart Baseball

The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball

de Keith Law ...

Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law’s iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually work, and exploring what the rise of Big Data means for the future of the sport.For decades, statistics such as batting average, saves recorded, and ... Leer más

$10.49 USD

Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law’s iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually work, and exploring what the rise of Big Data means for the future of the sport.For decades, statistics such as batting average, saves recorded, and
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