A review by jakewritesbooks
Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won by L. Jon Wertheim, Tobias J. Moskowitz

4.0

A neat piece of writing throwing out theories on why things happen in sports in ways that we sometimes do not realize. The "Freakonomics-for-sports" tag is accurate. Some chapters aren't as fleshed out as could be and that is frustrating but for the most part, it is a really well presented book. Hopefully it catches on in the mainstream because for those such as myself who have been familiar with many concepts (no such thing as momentum, luck in baseball stats, probabilities, hot hand, the "Me" in team, etc.) it can feel like beating my head against a wall with all the vapid arguments we've had to endure over the years.