{"product_id":"the-wages-of-wins-9780804758444","title":"The Wages of Wins","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Wages of Wins is a proper analysis of the data generated by professional sports; it tells many tales that are inconsistent with the myths put forward by the media, industry, and consumers of professional sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wages is provocative, stimulating, and challenging.\" -Dick Friedman,-Sports Illustrated \"The Wages of Wins brilliantly and provocatively argues that our eyes betray us when we watch professional athletes. To see the truth about how good a point guard or a quarterback really is, we need the help of algorithms.\" -Malcolm Gladwell,author of Blink and The Tipping Point \"When I read the book, I was impressed by the amount of effort that went into compiling the reams of data that underlie the work... The fundamental case the authors make is that the statistical analysis shows that the conventional wisdom about sports is dead wrong-that the data, as they put it, 'offers many surprises.'\" -Joe Nocera, New York Times \"Sports fans with an analytical bent shouldn't skip this book. And come to think of it, perhaps sports executives should be reading it as well.\"-The Free Lance-Star \"This book presents complex economic analysis in a breezy manner that the casual sports fan and econophobe will appreciate and enjoy. I plan to assign it to students and recommend it to friends.\"-Michael Leeds, Temple University, and author of The Economics of Sports\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003econtents  List of Figures and Tables\tvii  Preface\txi  Preface to the Paperback Edition\txv  \tChapter 1\tGames with Numbers\t1  \tChapter 2\tMuch Talking, Little Walking\t11  \tChapter 3\tCan You Buy the Fan's Love?\t30  \tChapter 4\tBaseball's Competitive Balance Problem?\t46  \tChapter 5\tThe NBA's Competitive Balance Problem?\t69  \tChapter 6\tShaq and Kobe\t90  \tChapter 7\tWho Is the Best?\t116  \tChapter 8\tA Few Chicago Stories\t146  \tChapter 9\tHow Are Quarterbacks Like Mutual Funds?\t172  \tChapter 10\tScoring to Score\t201  Notes\t227  References\t269  Index\t279","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405572710743,"sku":"9780804758444","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804758444.jpg?v=1730492881","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-wages-of-wins-9780804758444","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}