A Century of Mistakes in Baseball /

This Element is an excerpt from Stumbling On Wins: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports (9780132357784) by David J. Berri and Martin B. Schmidt. Available in print and digital formats. Can sports decision-makers keep making the same mistakes for decades? Y...

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Main Authors: Schmidt, Martin (Author), Berri, David (Author)
Corporate Author: Safari, an O'Reilly Media Company
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: PH Professional Business, 2010.
Edition:1st edition.
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