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║ [ R e l e a s e I n f o ] ║
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│ TITLE : Baseball Hacks : Tips & Tools for Analyzing and Winning with │
│ Statistics (Hacks) │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ AUTHOR : Joseph Adler │
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│ PUBLISHER : O'Reilly Media, Inc. │
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│ ISBN : 0596009429 │ MAKER : BBL │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
│ EDITION : 1st │ SUPPLIER : BBL │
├─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
│ PUB DATE : February 01, 2006 │ PACKAGER : BBL │
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│ LANGUAGE : English │ FORMAT : CHM │
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│ RLS DATE : 02/27/06 │ SIZE : 3,99 MB │
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║ [ R e l e a s e N o t e s ] ║
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│ Baseball Hacks isn't your typical baseball book--it's a book about how to │
│ watch, research, and understand baseball. It's an instruction manual for │
│ the free baseball databases. It's a cookbook for baseball research. Every │
│ part of this book is designed to teach baseball fans how to do something. │
│ In short, it's a how-to book--one that will increase your enjoyment and │
│ │
│ So much of the way baseball is played today hinges upon interpreting │
│ statistical data. Players are acquired based on their performance in │
│ statistical categories that ownership deems most important. Managers make │
│ in-game decisions based not on instincts, but on probability - how a │
│ │
│ The goal of this unique book is to show fans all the baseball-related │
│ stuff that they can do for free (or close to free). Just as open source │
│ projects have made great software freely available, collaborative │
│ projects such as Retrosheet and Baseball DataBank have made great data │
│ freely available. You can use these data sources to research your │
│ favorite players, win your fantasy league, or appreciate the game of │
│ │
│ Baseball Hacks shows how easy it is to get data, process it, and use it │
│ to truly understand baseball. The book lists a number of sources for │
│ current and historical baseball data, and explains how to load it into a │
│ database for analysis. It then introduces several powerful statistical │
│ │
│ For the uninitiated baseball fan, author Joseph Adler walks readers │
│ through the core statistical categories for hitters (batting average, │
│ on-base percentage, etc.), pitchers (earned run average, │
│ strikeout-to-walk ratio, etc.), and fielders (putouts, errors, etc.). He │
│ then extrapolates upon these numbers to examine more advanced data groups │
│ like career averages, team stats, season-by-season comparisons, and more. │
│ Whether you're a mathematician, scientist, or season-ticket holder to │
│ your favorite team, Baseball Hacks is sure to have something for you. │
│ │
│ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596009429/ │
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│ INSTALL NOTES │
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│ Unzip, unrar and enjoy │
│ │
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║ [ G r e e t i n g s ] ║
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│ to ALL our Friends │
│ What we do we do for fun only, not for profit │
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║ NFO by m**x Last updated: 02/09/2006 ║
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