Big data baseball : math, miracles, and the end of a 20-year losing streak /

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle was old school and stubborn. But after twenty straight losing seasons and his job on the line, he was ready to try anything. So when he met with GM Neal Huntington in October 2012, they decided to discard everything they knew about the game and instead take on...

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Main Author: Sawchik, Travis (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Flatiron Books, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a The meeting -- Demons -- Proving grounds -- The hidden value -- Point of no return -- Shifting the playing field -- Attrition -- Spinning gold -- The missing All-Stars -- Geography test -- Arms race -- Magic act -- Epilogue: A perfect circle. 
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