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Pay No Attention to the Glowing, Orange-Eyed Satan-Dog Behind the Closet Door 000
Preface 000
Acknowledgments 000
Batting Practice: Is Barry Bonds Better Than Babe Ruth? Nate Silver 000
1-1 What?s the Matter with RBI? ? and other traditional statistics, Jonah Keri 000
1-2 Is David Ortiz a Clutch Hitter? Nate Silver 000
1-3 Was Billy Martin Crazy? James Click 000
2-1 Why Are Pitchers So Unpredictable? Keith Woolner and Dayn Perry 000
2-2 Are Teams Letting Their Closers Go to Waste? Keith Woolner 000
2-3 Five Starters or Four? On pitching and stamina, Keith Woolner 000
3-1 When Does a Pitcher Earn an Earned Run? Dayn Perry 000
3-2 Did Derek Jeter Deserve the Gold Glove? James Click 000
3-3 Is Mike Matheny A Catching Genius? Keith Woolner 000
4-1 What if Rickey Henderson Had Pete Incaviglia?s Legs? James Click 000
4-2 When Is One Run Worth More Than Two? James Click 000
4-3 Is Joe Torre a Hall of Fame Manager? James Click 000
5-1 Why Is Mario Mendoza So Important? Keith Woolner 000
5-2 Is Alex Rodriguez Overpaid? Nate Silver 000
5-3 Do Players Perform Better in Contract Years? Dayn Perry 000
6-1 Do High Salaries Lead to High Ticket Prices? Neil deMause 000
6-2 Are New Stadiums a Good Deal? Neil deMause 000
6-3 Does Baseball Need a Salary Cap? Neil deMause 000
7-1 What Happened to Todd Van Poppel? Dayn Perry 000
7-2 Is There Such a Thing as a Quadruple-A Player? Clay Davenport 000
7-3 Why Was Kevin Maas a Bust? Nate Silver 000
8-1 Can a Team Have Too Much Pitching? Steven Goldman 000
8-2 How Much Does Coors Field Really Matter? Keith Woolner 000
8-3 Is Wayne Huizenga a Genius? Jonah Keri 000
9-1 What Do Statistics Tell Us About Steroids? Nate Silver 000
9-2 What Does Mike Redmond Know About Tom Glavine? James Click 000
9-3 Why Doesn?t Billy Beane?s Shit Work in the Playoffs? Nate Silver and Dayn Perry 000
Wrap-Up: Can Stats and Scouts Get Along? Dayn Perry 000
Notes 000
Glossary 000
Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Baseball -- Statistics.
Baseball players -- Statistics.