Bibliograph

Astroball, the new way to win it all, Ben Reiter

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Label

Astroball, the new way to win it all, Ben Reiter

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Astroball

Nature of contents

statisticsbibliography

Oclc number

1040073822

Responsibility statement

Ben Reiter

Sub title

the new way to win it all

Summary

"When Sports Illustrated declared on the cover of a June 2014 issue that the Houston Astros would win the World Series in 2017, people thought Ben Reiter, the article's author, was crazy. The Astros were the worst baseball team in half a century, but they were more than just bad. They were an embarrassment, a club that didn't even appear to be trying to win. The cover story, combined with the specificity of Reiter's claim, met instant and nearly universal derision. But three years later, the critics were proved improbably, astonishingly wrong. How had Reiter predicted it so accurately? And, more important, how had the Astros pulled off the impossible?"--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Preface: Thank you for the laugh -- Prologue: The judge -- Chapter 1: Gut feels -- Chapter 2: The nerd cave -- Chapter 3: Graceful beast -- Chapter 4: Growth mindset -- Chapter 5: Peyton Manning on a surfboard -- Chapter 6: Summer of setbacks -- Chapter 7: In search of Carlos Beltrán -- Chapter 8: Two seconds to spare -- Chapter 9: The series -- Conclusion: Astroworld

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