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A Mathematician at the Ballpark: Odds and Probabilities for Baseball Fans
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Baseball & SoftballProbability & Statistics
ISBN13: 9780452287822
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Mar 1 2007
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.14 Depth: 7.98
Language: English
- How professional odds makers predict the length of a seven-game series
- How to use mathematics to make smarter bets A Mathematician at the Ballpark is the perfect guide to the science of probability for the stats-obsessed baseball fans--and, with a detailed new appendix on fantasy baseball, an essential tool for anyone involved in a fantasy league.
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