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The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking
By Russell A. Carleton, Foreword by Jeff Passan
SPORTS & RECREATION
368 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5
Formats: Trade Paper, Mobipocket, EPUB, PDF
Trade Paper, $19.95 (CA $26.95) (US $19.95)
ISBN 9781629375441
Rights: WOR
Triumph Books (Mar 2018)
Overview
Reviews
"Russell Carleton is one of the industry's sharpest and most creative analysts, and watching him think through a puzzling baseball question is as much fun as watching Mike Trout battle an ace pitcher. There is no person involved in baseball—from the fan to the manager, from the field to the front office—who won't learn from this entertaining book." —Sam Miller, ESPN, co-author, The Only Rule Is It Has to WorkAuthor Biography
Russell Carleton is a baseball writer, researcher, and fan, living in Atlanta. He has been a regular contributor to Baseball Prospectus since 2009, writing about advanced statistical analysis in baseball, with an emphasis on the gory mathematical details. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from DePaul University in Chicago, and has provided statistical consultation to several teams in Major League Baseball.Press Releases
The Shift:
The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking
By Russell A. Carleton / Foreword by Jeff Passan
Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312-676-4256, b.ames@triumphbooks.com
DiMaggio’s 56. Aaron’s 755. Ripken’s 2,632. Baseball has always been a game of numbers. For generations, fans have held these numbers up as touchpoints that transcend the national pastime and act as cultural markers of greatness. Sometimes, the numbers themselves tell the story with no other explanation needed. But what if that story turns out to be fiction?
In The Shift: The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking (Triumph Books, April 2018), psychologist, baseball writer, and ”numbers guy” Russell A. Carleton examines the new numbers changing the way we play and think about our game. Using an engaging and accessible style, Carleton breaks down not only the role of sabermetrics in evaluating how to build a winning team but also how the numbers can illuminate, rather than ignore, the human element of the game. Highlights include:
The Shift reads like a love letter written to baseball in the margins of a statistics textbook, combining Carleton’s scientific approach with his reverence and passion for the poetic majesty of the game. It’s equal parts Moneyball and Malcolm Gladwell. Through its humor and clarity, this great new title has the power to make baseball nerds race to grab some hot dogs in the nosebleeds while transforming bleacher bums into statisticians. Students of baseball’s history, as well as those looking to its future, will find value in the pages of this game-changing new title.
About the Author:
Russell A. Carleton is a baseball writer, researcher and fan, living in Atlanta. He has been a regular contributor to Baseball Prospectus since 2009, writing about advanced statistical analysis in baseball, with an emphasis on the gory mathematical details. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from DePaul University in Chicago, and has provided statistical consultation to several teams in Major League Baseball.
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