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A review by fdterritory
Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won by L. Jon Wertheim, Tobias Moskowitz
3.0
I am a pretty hardcore sports fan. I know the numbers, I understand a lot about advanced statistics, and, on top of that, I'm a math nerd. My wife, on the other hand, is a casual fan. She knows the games and enjoys them, but doesn't really think about it beyond the actual watching of the event.
Moskowitz has produced a sports book that would be really interesting to her, but not really to me. For me, much of the "new information" in here really isn't all that new. It's explained in a palatable way, but it's not really new or revelatory. But it IS information that the average fan hasn't really considered. So anyone calling this "the next Freakonomics" is really overstating the case.
Of course, the one lasting problem is that my wife probably wouldn't read a book like this. So I guess I wish the author good luck. It's a short, bite-sized read, but I think it might have trouble finding an audience.
Moskowitz has produced a sports book that would be really interesting to her, but not really to me. For me, much of the "new information" in here really isn't all that new. It's explained in a palatable way, but it's not really new or revelatory. But it IS information that the average fan hasn't really considered. So anyone calling this "the next Freakonomics" is really overstating the case.
Of course, the one lasting problem is that my wife probably wouldn't read a book like this. So I guess I wish the author good luck. It's a short, bite-sized read, but I think it might have trouble finding an audience.