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Scorecasting, February 2011
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Scorecasting
Tobias Moskowitz

The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

Crown Archetype
February 2011
On Sale: January 25, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 0307591794
EAN: 9780307591791
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Sports

In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.

Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships; the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees' tendencies in every sport to "swallow the whistle," and more.

Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals: # Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in high-pressure putting situations that you and I are # Why professional teams routinely overvalue draft picks # The myth of momentum or the "hot hand" in sports, and why so many fans, coaches, and broadcasters fervently subscribe to it # Why NFL coaches rarely go for a first down on fourth-down situations--even when their reluctance to do so reduces their chances of winning.

In an engaging narrative that takes us from the putting greens of Augusta to the grid iron of a small parochial high school in Arkansas, Scorecasting will forever change how you view the game, whatever your favorite sport might be.

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Help - My grandson will soon be 16 and this is the only book he has requested for his big day - would there be any way I could purchase a signed book for him? He is the sportscaster for his school (high school) and loves it - this would make his day. Please advise me as to how much the personally signed book would be and I'll make the necessary arrangements.....thanking you in advance - - Joan Heeg - - [email protected]
(Joan Heeg 8:11pm March 1, 2011)