Trading bases : a story about Wall Street, gambling, and baseball (not necessarily in that order)
(2013)
By:
Peta, Joe
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.357/PETA,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Dutton, [2013]
©2013
©2013
DESCRIPTION
viii, 369 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780525953647 (hbk.), 0525953647 (hbk.), 9780525953647, 0525953647 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Pt. 1. The model -- pt. 2. The launch -- pt. 3. Success -- Epilogue : A summer in Vegas
An ex-Wall Street trader improved on "Moneyball's" famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games--with a 41 percent return in his first year. "Trading Bases" explains how he did it