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Understanding Fantasy Baseball - No Longer Just for Nerds

Author : Jason Johnson
Publisher : Jason johnson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Fantasy Baseball - No Longer Just for Nerds written by Jason Johnson and published by Jason johnson. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, people that have had the most interest in fantasy baseball have been statistic junkies and lovers of baseball in general. People who immerse themselves into spreadsheets and stare at computer screens to develop strategies have made a name for themselves in the industry. With technological advancement in recent years however, this is no longer the case. Information is very accessible and easily compiled so that almost anyone can put together a team and compete in fantasy baseball with a reasonable amount of time, research, and luck. It is not nearly as difficult to find player statistics, trends, reports or any other type of information that you need to succeed in your league. When I began working on this book, many people asked me why I was writing it. What could this book offer that other published works didn’t already talk about? There is some truth to those questions. There are plenty of available works published that provide a tremendous amount of knowledge about fantasy baseball. Reading other fantasy baseball articles and books myself, I’ve found that many of them, while thorough, tend to neglect the fundamentals. They assume that any reader already has a good grasp of the basics. While that often may be the case, I believe it’s critically important not only to know the basics but to completely understand how to use them to your advantage. Having this book as a foundation, you can then better understand some of the more complex topics: sabermetrics, drafting, trading, etc. In this book I will provide insights into not only the basics of fantasy baseball, but will also delve into complex strategies and statistical analysis to help you succeed. In each section, I will first present the topic and then discuss how understanding it in detail will help you as a fantasy baseball team owner. I’m certain that even savvy fantasy baseball players will be able to take away at least a few insights to improve their overall fantasy baseball experience. In one section in particular, Relative Draft Value, I provide original, self-developed formulas and strategies that you simply can’t get anywhere else. I will be focusing primarily on season long leagues; however I have also dedicated a section to daily games which have become extremely popular and deserve discussion. In short, this book will go into almost everything you need to know to start yourself down a path to fantasy baseball success.

The Extra 2%

Author : Jonah Keri
Publisher : ESPN
ISBN 13 : 0345517652
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Extra 2% written by Jonah Keri and published by ESPN. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens—the culmination of one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history. In The Extra 2%, financial journalist and sportswriter Jonah Keri chronicles the remarkable story of one team’s Cinderella journey from divisional doormat to World Series contender. When former Goldman Sachs colleagues Stuart Sternberg and Matthew Silverman assumed control of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005, it looked as if they were buying the baseball equivalent of a penny stock. But the incoming regime came armed with a master plan: to leverage their skill at trading, valuation, and management to build a model twenty-first-century franchise that could compete with their bigger, stronger, richer rivals—and prevail. Together with “boy genius” general manager Andrew Friedman, the new Rays owners jettisoned the old ways of doing things, substituting their own innovative ideas about employee development, marketing and public relations, and personnel management. They exorcized the “devil” from the team’s nickname, developed metrics that let them take advantage of undervalued aspects of the game, like defense, and hired a forward-thinking field manager as dedicated to unconventional strategy as they were. By quantifying the game’s intangibles—that extra 2% that separates a winning organization from a losing one—they were able to deliver to Tampa Bay something that Billy Beane’s “Moneyball” had never brought to Oakland: an American League pennant. A book about what happens when you apply your business skills to your life’s passion, The Extra 2% is an informative and entertaining case study for any organization that wants to go from worst to first.

Sonic Boom

Author : Gregg Easterbrook
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812974131
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Sonic Boom written by Gregg Easterbrook and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can a spell-checker tell you about economic trends? Why is the world’s supply of ideas about to double? What did America get right in the nineteenth century that it’s getting wrong in the twenty-first? If Karl Marx were alive today, would he be hosting a show on Fox News? These are just a few of the provocative questions asked by Sonic Boom, a (mainly) optimistic look at the near future. Sonic Boom tells why the world’s economy is likely to be just fine, with prosperity increasing; why globalization will soon drive us even crazier than it does today; why “a chaotic, raucous, unpredictable, stress-inducing, free, prosperous, well-informed, and smart future is coming.” The book is rich with specific examples and advice on how to navigate your own way through the craziness that’s ahead. Forbes calls Gregg Easterbrook “the best writer on complex topics in the United States,” and Sonic Boom will show you why.

2005 Fantasy Baseball Scouting Report: for 5x5 AL Only Leagues

Author : Henry Lee
Publisher : Squeaky Press
ISBN 13 : 0974844543
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book 2005 Fantasy Baseball Scouting Report: for 5x5 AL Only Leagues written by Henry Lee and published by Squeaky Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What differentiates this new series of books from the books and magazines people have used in the past is that each of the six books focuses on a different league - 5x5 mixed, AL-only, NL-only, 4x4 mixed, AL-only, and NL-only. The projections and dollar values for players can vary up to 50% from league to league. Drafting with the help of a magazine not tailored to your league specifications is a recipe for disaster - yet millions of people do so every year. With your Fantasy Scouting Report in hand, you can rest assured that your projections are accurate. Each book also has special Quick Lists designed to help you find what you need in the limited time you have between picks. Players are ranked by actual scoring category points so you can compare players intelligently and quickly. Categories like ERA, WHIP, and BA are weighted for IP and AB, vitally important but often overlooked. Also included is a unique quantitative analysis of the best prospects for 2005.

Understanding Baseball

Author : Trey Strecker,
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476618895
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Baseball written by Trey Strecker, and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of baseball history and culture shows the national pastime to be a forum of debate where issues of sport, labor, race, character and the ethics of work and play are decided. An understanding of baseball calls for consideration of different perspectives. This very readable textbook offers insights into baseball history as a subject worthy of scholarly attention. Each chapter introduces a specific disciplinary approach—history, economics, media, law and fiction—and poses representative questions scholars from these fields would consider. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Why Baseball Matters

Author : Susan Jacoby
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300224273
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Why Baseball Matters written by Susan Jacoby and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A best-selling author and passionate baseball fan takes a tough-minded look at America's most traditional game in our twenty-first-century culture of digital distraction Baseball, first dubbed the "national pastime" in print in 1856, is the country's most tradition-bound sport. Despite remaining popular and profitable into the twenty-first century, the game is losing young fans, among African Americans and women as well as white men. Furthermore, baseball's greatest charm--a clockless suspension of time--is also its greatest liability in a culture of digital distraction. These paradoxes are explored by the historian and passionate baseball fan Susan Jacoby in a book that is both a love letter to the game and a tough-minded analysis of the current challenges to its special position--in reality and myth--in American culture. The concise but wide-ranging analysis moves from the Civil War--when many soldiers played ball in northern and southern prisoner-of-war camps--to interviews with top baseball officials and young men who prefer playing online "fantasy baseball" to attending real games. Revisiting her youthful days of watching televised baseball in her grandfather's bar, the author links her love of the game with the informal education she received in everything from baseball's history of racial segregation to pitch location. Jacoby argues forcefully that the major challenge to baseball today is a shortened attention span at odds with a long game in which great hitters fail two out of three times. Without sanitizing this basic problem, Why Baseball Matters remind us that the game has retained its grip on our hearts precisely because it has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to reinvent itself in times of immense social change.

Black Baseball's National Showcase

Author : Larry Lester
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803280007
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Black Baseball's National Showcase written by Larry Lester and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively illustrated introduction to the Negro League equivalent of the All-Star Game discusses the history of the games, as well as the colorful cast of promoters, gamblers, and hucksters who made it happen. Original.

Fantasy Baseball

Author : Alan M. Gratz
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101476087
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Fantasy Baseball written by Alan M. Gratz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wizard of Oz meets America's favorite pastime! Alex Metcalf must be dreaming. What else would explain why he's playing baseball for the Oz Cyclones, with Dorothy as his captain, in the Ever After Baseball Tournament? But Alex isn't dreaming; he's just from the real world. And winning the tournament might be his only chance to get back there, because the champions get a wish granted by the Wizard. Too bad Ever After's most notorious criminal, the Big Bad Wolf, is also after the wishes. And anyone who gets in his way gets eaten! From beloved baseball author Alan Gratz comes a novel in which classic literary characters are baseball crazy, and one real-world boy must face his fears and discover the surprising truth about himself.

The Winner's Guide to Fantasy Baseball

Author : Chris Lee
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146345516X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book The Winner's Guide to Fantasy Baseball written by Chris Lee and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-02-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Winners Guide in Fantasy Baseball is the most comprehensive guide on the market to one of Americas favorite hobbies. Where are the best websites to find fantasy baseball information? Which pre-season publications are worth your dollar? What should you look for in evaluating major and minor-league players? How do you value players for your league and adjust for draft inflation? How should you react when your leagues draft isnt going your way? The Winners Guide to Fantasy Baseball not only tackles these issues, but walks you through the hows and whys of each so that owners learn to think for themselves. If winning a league title is your ultimate goal, this book will help get you there.

2005 Rotisserie Baseball Scouting Report: for 4x4 NL Only Leagues

Author : Henry Lee
Publisher : Squeaky Press
ISBN 13 : 097484456X
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book 2005 Rotisserie Baseball Scouting Report: for 4x4 NL Only Leagues written by Henry Lee and published by Squeaky Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What differentiates this new series of books from the books and magazines people have used in the past is that each of the six books focuses on a different league - 5x5 mixed, AL-only, NL-only, 4x4 mixed, AL-only, and NL-only. The projections and dollar values for players can vary up to 50% from league to league. Drafting with the help of a magazine not tailored to your league specifications is a recipe for disaster - yet millions of people do so every year. With your Rotisserie Baseball Scouting Report in hand, you can rest assured that your projections are accurate. Each book also has special Quick Lists designed to help you find what you need in the limited time you have between picks. Players are ranked by actual scoring category points so you can compare players intelligently and quickly. Categories like ERA, WHIP, and BA are weighted for IP and AB, vitally important but often overlooked. Also included is a unique quantitative analysis of the best prospects for 2005.

Jerk Magnet

Author : Katy Franklin
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781475913590
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Jerk Magnet written by Katy Franklin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Im 30 and single. In the fifteen years Ive been dating, I have noticed a blatant and unfortunate pattern forming. Jerks are drawn to me at an alarming rate, as if being pulled by some invisible, powerful magnet. And I am drawn to them. I frequently find myself in the company of idiotic, selfish, moronic, immature, cheap, cheating, lying, perverted douchebags. And while they may have a few discerning, semi-endearing, semi-reedeming qualities about them, they all have one crucial and critical characteristic in common: they are Jerks. And almost exclusively, I date them. Jerk Magnet is about my experiences going out with less than desirable men. There is Rob, the irrational, jealous boyfriend, Ricky, the non-commital guy and Kyle, the cheapskate loser. Even Serena is included in the group, my good friend who slept with the guy I was dating. From Los Angeles to Chicago, working many different jobs, from a Primetime Casting Assistant at a major television network to being a waitress at a Hooters-esque bar, its no secret I struck out big-time in love. But with the help of my best friends, Erin and Natasha, fellow members of the Jerk Magnets Anonymous Club, I met undeniably crazy characters, formed irreplaceable relationships, was taught to face every situation with grace, humility and humor...and most importantly, learned to laugh at myself and just (barely) survive the world of dating jerks.

NL Players Stats 1901-2023

Author : Brian Aldridge
Publisher : Classic Sports Journal
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book NL Players Stats 1901-2023 written by Brian Aldridge and published by Classic Sports Journal. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choose a specific year, find your favorite player, or note who won more than one batting or pitching title, but don’t stop there! Compare stats, locate trends, disparities, Triple Crown winners, and one-year wonders. Legends can be found as well as current and rising stars. How good was Honus Wagner, Rogers Hornsby, or Stan Musial? How about Grover Alexander, Sandy Koufax, and Bob Gibson? That list seems too short! Let's add Mays, Banks, Bench, Rose, and Gwynn? Recall the stars of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s or 1990s? They are all here. While you are at it, find out why Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Jacob de Grom, Freddie Freeman, Bryce Harper, Ronald Acuna, Fernando Tatis, Jr., and Kyle Schwarber are listed among today's elites. Batting leader categories include HR, RBI, BA, Extra Base Hits, Stolen Bases, and more.

Stranger Than Fantasy

Author : George J. Mauro
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1438918739
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Stranger Than Fantasy written by George J. Mauro and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy is a phenomenon that affects all of us more than we consciously recognize. Are we not constantly daydreaming or dreaming of the future pondering our wishes and desires? Or, do too many people accept things as they are-readily to concede all appearances as gospel? Stranger Than Fantasy is a collection of forty fantasy short stories. Each story should be taken for what it is-for the most part, an entertaining excursion of fiction that challenges one's thoughts, one's acceptance of reality. Hopefully, after reading my stories, the readers will look at their lives, their life situations a little differently and finally stand up and exclaim, "That which is, is not and that which is not , is! And if that happens, then I think the world will be a little bit better off today than it was yesterday. George Mauro

Fantasy Expert

Author : Ron Shandler
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1637275501
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Fantasy Expert written by Ron Shandler and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and incisive chronicle from one of the foremost authorities in fantasy baseball Ron Shandler is a self-described rotoholic. In the beginning, he hoarded newspaper box scores and pored over every number at his disposal. Then came the compulsion to create his own numbers. A monthly newsletter expanded into an annual Baseball Forecaster book, which spawned a media company, websites, tournaments, and more. Part memoir, part madcap history, Fantasy Expert is a fascinating and wide-ranging look at the modern growth and development of the game that went from cottage industry to national obsession. In chronicling his own escalating journey from rotisserie baseball hobbyist to professional authority, Shandler tells parallel tales of the rise of fantasy sports, the expanding baseball information industry, the increasingly sophisticated technology employed to gain an edge, and the fellow rotoholics who make it all possible. He also delves into the impact of fantasy baseball on the sport of baseball itself.Written with humor, honesty, and a deep passion for baseball, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the history, progression, and future of fantasy baseball.

No Cause For Shame

Author : Richard Stein
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781469136622
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book No Cause For Shame written by Richard Stein and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AJ Golden becomes the famous “Shotgun Sister” when she wins the race to a gun-safe and obliterates the two serial-killers who have invaded her stepfather’s home and raped her sister. However, it is her sister, Amy Elizabeth, who desires fame and fortune. When investigator Jonah Aaron meets AJ in a Nashville karaoke bar, he has a new hot girlfriend, and he and country music promoter, Milton Brandenburg, become the keys to AJ’s plan to catapult Amy Elizabeth to stardom. Along the way, Jonah uncovers a tale of incest, murder, an unexplainable death, and a sabotaged anti-cancer drug study. www.richardsteinbooks.com

A Lawyer in Pinstripes

Author : Larry M. Roth
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480948527
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A Lawyer in Pinstripes written by Larry M. Roth and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Lawyer in Pinstripes By: Larry M. Roth When Larry M. Roth receives a trip to New York Yankees Fantasy Camp for his birthday, a humorous and touching journey begins for the 59½-year-old lawyer as he tries to get back into baseball shape after a 40-year layoff. Readers will find themselves laughing out loud when following along with the author’s attempts to sharpen his baseball skills with the young bartender at his favorite bar, his trip to Shopping Mall Hell to stock up on his necessary sports equipment, and his late-night trek to the drug store to buy all the pain medication he believes he’ll need at fantasy camp. This autobiographical account also takes a nostalgic turn as the author looks back at his time in Little League and sees how it provided an important escape from difficult family issues. By the end, A Lawyer in Pinstripes: A Fantasy Journey will leave readers thinking one thing: be careful what you wish for.

Fantasy Life

Author : Matthew Berry
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594632715
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (946 download)

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Download or read book Fantasy Life written by Matthew Berry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes new chapters with small, easy-to-understand words. Bestselling words! Fantasy football, fantasy baseball, fantasy basketball, even fantasy sumo wrestling: the world of fantasy sports is huge, and still growing. Today, more than 35 million people in the United States and Canada spend hours upon hours each week on their fantasy sports teams. And as the Senior Fantasy Sports Analyst for ESPN, Matthew Berry is on the front lines of what has grown from a niche subculture into a national pastime. In his New York Times-bestselling Fantasy Life, Berry celebrates every aspect of the fantasy sports world. Brilliant trash talk. Unbelievable trophies. Insane draft day locations. Shake-your-head-in-disbelief punishments. Ingenious attempts at cheating. And surprisingly uplifting stories that remind us why we play these games in the first place. Written with the same award-winning style that has made Berry one of the most popular columnists on ESPN.com, Fantasy Life is a book for both hard-core fantasy players and people who have never played before. Between tales of love and hate, birth and death, tattoos and furry animal costumes, the White House Situation Room and a 126-pound golden pelican, Matthew chronicles his journey from a fourteen-year-old fantasy player to the face of fantasy sports for the largest sports media company in the world. Fantasy will save your life. Fantasy will set you free. And fantasy life is most definitely better than real life. You’ll see.