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Author |
: Mark McCarter |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2020-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1938532538 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781938532535 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Never a Bad Game by : Mark McCarter
Fans of the Southern League have seen it all since the circuit was founded over 50 years ago: colorful characters, charming ballparks, and some of the best baseball players showing their potential. From Chipper Jones and Cal Ripken, Jr. to Michael Jordan and Jose Canseco, Mark McCarter has seen them all-and tells their stories with grace, humor, and style in Never a Bad Game: Fifty-Plus Years of the Southern League.The updated edition from McCarter, a four-time Alabama Sportswriter of the Year and four times the Southern League Writer of the Year, features his tales of the Southern League. From can't-miss prospects like Cal Ripken, Jr. and Jose Canseco to some of the most colorful players in the minors, like Joe Charboneau, Bo Jackson, Chipper Jones, and Derrek Lee, Never a Bad Game: Fifty-Plus Years of the Southern League is a fascinating account of the people who make baseball what it is. In Never a Bad Game: Fifty-Plus Years of the Southern League, you'll find entertaining tales about the likes of Jose Canseco, Charlie O. Finley, Jim Bouton, Michael Jordan, Cal Ripken, Jr., and the legendary Joe Charboneau. Mark McCarter is a former sports reporter and columnist who began covering the Southern League in 1976 for the Chattanooga News-Free Press. He is the author of Pandamonium: Engineering Pro Baseball's Return to the Rocket City, the story of the Rocket City Trash Pandas' arrival in north Alabama, to be published in the fall of 2020 by August Publications. A four-time Alabama Sportswriter of the Year and four times the Southern League Writer of the Year, he lives in Huntsville with his wife Patricia. He has been inducted into the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame and the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame, a bittersweet honor when he learned it was for his writing-not for having led the Brainerd Dixie Youth League in home runs in 1966.
Author |
: Nick Bruel |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 26 |
Release |
: 2016-09-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781626725812 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1626725810 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bad Kitty Does Not Like Snow by : Nick Bruel
"Kitty is back in this ... tale in which she discovers that she does not, in fact, like snow. Not at all. Not even a little"--
Author |
: Jeff Menapace |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 334 |
Release |
: 2013-02-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0988843307 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780988843301 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bad Games by : Jeff Menapace
The Lambert Family is heading to Crescent Lake, a rural cabin community in western Pennsylvania, for an idyllic weekend getaway. Some fishing, some barbecue, some games ... The Fannelli brothers are heading to Crescent Lake too. Some stalking, some kidnapping, some murder, definitely some games ... though not necessarily the type of games the Lamberts had in mind. But it doesn't matter. The Lamberts are going to play whether they like it or not.
Author |
: Ben Orlin |
Publisher |
: Black Dog & Leventhal |
Total Pages |
: 556 |
Release |
: 2018-09-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316509022 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316509027 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Math with Bad Drawings by : Ben Orlin
A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician. Truth and knowledge come in multiple forms: colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, how to understand an economic crises by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical headache that ensues when attempting to build a spherical Death Star. Every discussion in the book is illustrated with Orlin's trademark "bad drawings," which convey his message and insights with perfect pitch and clarity. With 24 chapters covering topics from the electoral college to human genetics to the reasons not to trust statistics, Math with Bad Drawings is a life-changing book for the math-estranged and math-enamored alike.
Author |
: Jesper Juul |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 173 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262019057 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262019051 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Art of Failure by : Jesper Juul
An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them.
Author |
: Keith Law |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2020-04-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062942746 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062942743 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Inside Game by : Keith Law
In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, baseball writer for The Athletic and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped the game. For years, Daniel Kahneman’s iconic work of behavioral science Thinking Fast and Slow has been required reading in front offices across Major League Baseball. In this smart, incisive, and eye-opening book, Keith Law applies Kahneman’s ideas about decision making to the game itself. Baseball is a sport of decisions. Some are so small and routine they become the building blocks of the game itself—what pitch to throw or when to swing away. Others are so huge they dictate the future of franchises—when to make a strategic trade for a chance to win now, or when to offer a millions and a multi-year contract for a twenty-eight-year-old star. These decisions have long shaped the behavior of players, managers, and entire franchises. But as those choices have become more complex and data-driven, knowing what’s behind them has become key to understanding the sport. This fascinating, revelatory work explores as never before the essential question: What were they thinking? Combining behavioral science and interviews with executives, managers, and players, Keith Law analyzes baseball’s biggest decision making successes and failures, looking at how gambles and calculated risks of all sizes and scales have shaped the sport, and how the game’s ongoing data revolution is rewriting decades of accepted decision making. In the process, he explores questions that have long been debated, from whether throwing harder really increases a player’s risk of serious injury to whether teams actually “overvalue” trade prospects. Bringing his analytical and combative style to some of baseball’s longest running debates, Law deepens our knowledge of the sport in this entertaining work that is both fun and deeply informative.
Author |
: Richard Connell |
Publisher |
: Lindhardt og Ringhof |
Total Pages |
: 28 |
Release |
: 2023-02-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9788728187494 |
ISBN-13 |
: 8728187490 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Most Dangerous Game by : Richard Connell
Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, who finds himself washed up on an island owned by the eccentric General Zaroff. Zaroff, a big-game hunter himself, has heard of Rainsford’s abilities with a gun and organises a hunt. However, they’re not after animals – they’re after people. When he protests, Rainsford the hunter becomes Rainsford the hunted. Sharing similarities with "The Hunger Games", starring Jennifer Lawrence, this is the story that created the template for pitting man against man. Born in New York, Richard Connell (1893 – 1949) went on to become an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is best remembered for the gripping novel "The Most Dangerous Game" and for receiving an Oscar nomination for the screenplay "Meet John Doe".
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1179440720 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dark Souls III. by :
Author |
: Ben Orlin |
Publisher |
: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2022-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0762499869 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780762499861 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Math Games with Bad Drawings by : Ben Orlin
"Best-selling author and worst-drawing artist Ben Orlin expands his oeuvre with this interactive collection of mathematical games. Each taking a minute to learn and a lifetime to master, this treasure chest of 70-plus games will delight, educate, and entertain"--
Author |
: Clyde Mandelin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 432 |
Release |
: 2016-11-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1945908904 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781945908903 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Legends of Localization Book 2 by : Clyde Mandelin