Download or read book The MVP Machine written by Ben Lindbergh and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move over, Moneyball -- this New York Times bestseller examines major league baseball's next cutting-edge revolution: the high-tech quest to build better players. As bestselling authors Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik reveal in The MVP Machine, the Moneyball era is over. Fifteen years after Michael Lewis brought the Oakland Athletics' groundbreaking team-building strategies to light, every front office takes a data-driven approach to evaluating players, and the league's smarter teams no longer have a huge advantage in valuing past performance. Lindbergh and Sawchik's behind-the-scenes reporting reveals: How undersized afterthoughts José Altuve and Mookie Betts became big sluggers and MVPs How polarizing pitcher Trevor Bauer made himself a Cy Young contender How new analytical tools have overturned traditional pitching and hitting techniques How a wave of young talent is making MLB both better than ever and arguably worse to watch Instead of out-drafting, out-signing, and out-trading their rivals, baseball's best minds have turned to out-developing opponents, gaining greater edges than ever by perfecting prospects and eking extra runs out of older athletes who were once written off. Lindbergh and Sawchik take us inside the transformation of former fringe hitters into home-run kings, show how washed-up pitchers have emerged as aces, and document how coaching and scouting are being turned upside down. The MVP Machine charts the future of a sport and offers a lesson that goes beyond baseball: Success stems not from focusing on finished products, but from making the most of untapped potential.

Download or read book Amos Gets Married written by Gary Paulsen and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody knows Amos Binder is crazy in love with Melissa Hansen. Only Melissa hasn’t given any indication that she even knows Amos exists as a life-form. That is, until now. Suddenly, things with Melissa are different. A wave, a wink-an affectionate “snookems”?! Can this really be Melissa . . . and Amos? Dunc is determined to get to the bottom of it all, but who can blame Amos if his feet don’t touch the ground!

Download or read book Awesome Athletes written by Sports Illustrated and published by Bantam Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazing information on 284 top athletes includes, profiles, photographs and fact boxes.

Download or read book Grandstand Baseball Puzzles written by Clayton DuVall and published by Ball Puzzle. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandstand Baseball Puzzles is a celebration of Americas pastime. It enthusiastically takes the puzzle solver through a year of baseball by presenting crosswords and logic puzzles of varying difficulty with themes relevant to each month of the year. The puzzles are like no other sports puzzle book before it as they contain an unprecedented amount of trivia, statistics, and commentary. You will, without a doubt find yourself picking up your favorite baseball reference book or searching through baseball statistics websites as you attempt to conquer each of these puzzles. How well do you remember the 1980s? Who are the heroes and goats of the great Fall Classic? Do you know those Yankees or Red Sox legends as well as you think you do? Find out the answers in the most elaborate accumulation of baseball trivia puzzles to date, Grandstand Baseball Puzzles.

Download or read book Sports Illustrated Kids All Star Picture Puzzles written by The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids and published by Sports Illustrated. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors of Sports Illustrated Kids have mined their amazing archive and transformed spectacular sports pics into mind-bending puzzles. Every spread in the Sports Illustrated Kids All-star Picture Puzzles features two versions of a super sports photo--from football fields to fairways, from stadiums to skate parks to ski slopes! For each pair of pictures, the puzzler must find the differences between one photo and the next.

Download or read book On the Edge written by Martin Dugard and published by Bantam Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thrilling true accounts of athletes who have what it takes to survive.

Download or read book Giannis written by Mirin Fader and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s extraordinary rise from poverty in Athens, Greece, to superstardom in America with the Milwaukee Bucks—becoming one of the most transcendent players in history and an NBA Champion—from award-winning basketball reporter and feature writer at The Ringer Mirin Fader. As the face of the NBA’s new world order, Giannis Antetokounmpo has overcome unfathomable obstacles to become a symbol of hope for people all over the world; the personification of the American Dream. But his backstory remains largely untold. Fader unearths new information about the childhood that shaped “The Greek Freak”—from sleeping side by side with his brothers to selling trinkets on the street with his family to the racism he experienced. Antetokounmpo grew up in an era when Golden Dawn, Greece’s far-right, anti-immigrant party, patrolled his neighborhood, and his status as an illegal immigrant largely prevented him from playing for the country’s top clubs, making his NBA rise all the more improbable. Fader tells a deeply human story of how an unknown, skinny, Black Greek teen, who played in the country’s lowest pro division and was seen as a draft gamble, transformed his body and his game into MVP material. Antetokounmpo’s story has been framed as a feel-good narrative in which everyone has embraced him—watching him grow up, sign a five-year supermax contract extension worth $228 million, and lead the underdog Bucks to the NBA Championship in 2021. Giannis reveals a more nuanced story: how lonely and isolated he felt, adjusting to America and the NBA early in his career; the complexity of grappling with his Black and Greek identities; how he is so hard on himself and his shortcomings—a drive that fuels him every day; and the responsibility he feels to be a nurturing role model for his younger brothers. Fader illustrates a more vulnerable star than most people know, a person who has evolved triumphantly into all of his roles: father, brother, son, teammate, and global icon. **Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, Wall Street Journal Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller** **Mirin Fader Selected as the 2021 Sports Media Author of the Year by The Big Lead** **The Sports Librarian’s Best of 2022 – Sports Books**

Download or read book Risk Your Life Arcade written by Ken McMurtry and published by Skylark. This book was released on 1995 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reader's decisions control the course of an adventure in which an evil arcade owner lures players to his home, where he engages them in the ultimate life-or-death game.

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Download or read book Winning Women written by Fred McMane and published by Bantam Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eight great athletes and their unbeatable stories"--Cover.

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Download or read book Emmitt Smith written by Craig Ellenport and published by Bantam Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographies of two football running backs.

Download or read book Quarterback Attack written by Peter Strupp and published by Bantam Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A football "game" book that you can play.

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Download or read book Believe It written by Nick Foles and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the man who was on the verge of retiring just two seasons earlier stay optimistic and rally the Philadelphia Eagles to an astounding Super Bowl win? Here Foles discusses the obstacles that threatened to hold him back, his rediscovery of his love for the game, and the faith that grounded him through it all.

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Download or read book Sports written by Andrew Brisman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What words best describe this sports-related anthology? Touchdown, home run, goal, gold medal! Fans will have fun testing their smarts on brain-challengers like these: What was the first wild-card team to win the World Series: Anaheim Angels, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, or Florida Marlins? How many NHL seasons did Bobby Orr stay healthy enough to play every game: Zero, One, Two, or Three? This is the true test of champions!