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“john thorn”

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  • The Hidden Game of Baseball

    by John Thorn, Pete Palmer ...
    The acclaimed classic on the statistical analysis of baseball records in order to evaluate players and win more games.Long before Moneyball became a sensation or Nate Silver turned the knowledge he'd honed on baseball into electoral gold, John Thorn and Pete Palmer were using statistics to shake the foundations of the game. First published in 1984, The Hidden Game of Baseball ushered in the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Baseball Happened

    Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed

    by Thomas W. Gilbert ...
    The untold story of baseball's nineteenth-century origins: "a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat" (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal).You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Hidden Game of Football

    A Revolutionary Approach to the Game and Its Statistics

    by Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer, John Thorn ...
    The 1988 cult classic behind football's data analytics revolution, now back in print with a new foreword and preface."The book that started it all. A visionary approach to football two decades ahead of its time." —Brian Burke, ESPN sports data scientist, creator of expected points added, win probability, and win ratesData analytics have revolutionized football. With play sheets informed by ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dillon and the Dragon

    by John Thorn ...
    A small town is in need of some help from a dragon who’s causing a whole lot of trouble. Dillion the knight, an outsider, comes to the rescue.. or does he? Get this wonderful bedtime story! A must-read. ... Read more

    $7.36 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Baseball in the Garden of Eden

    The Secret History of the Early Game

    by John Thorn ...
    Think you know how the game of baseball began? Think again.Forget Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown. Forget Alexander Joy Cartwright and the New York Knickerbockers. Instead, meet Daniel Lucius Adams, William Rufus Wheaton, and Louis Fenn Wadsworth, each of whom has a stronger claim to baseball paternity than Doubleday or Cartwright.But did baseball even have a father—or did it just evolve from ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Baseball before We Knew It

    A Search for the Roots of the Game

    by David Block ...
    Winner of the Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball ResearchWinner of the North American Society for Sport History Book AwardNamed a 2005 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleNamed a 2025Choice Outstanding Academic TitleWhen Baseball before We Knew It was first published in 2005, it shatter... ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Wrigley Field Year by Year

    A Century at the Friendly Confines

    by Sam Pathy ...
    More than just a lavishly illustrated and highly readable book, Wrigley Field Year by Year, originally published in 2014, is the result of a quarter century of meticulous research. Written by a baseball historian and recognized authority on the Friendly Confines,” this is the first book to detail each year of the storied park’s existence. The book covers not only the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game, Vol. 7

    Edited by John Thorn ...
    BACK ISSUEBase Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture.Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal. ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game, Vol. 8

    Edited by John Thorn ...
    BACK ISSUEBase Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture.Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Game Worn

    Baseball Treasures from the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments

    by Stephen Wong, Dave Grob ...
    Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments is a richly illustrated exploration and first-of-its-kind compendium study of the world's most coveted and precious baseball uniforms worn by Major League ballplayers during the twentieth century. This coffee-table book features many of the most historically significant uniforms, jackets, hats, as well as other treasured ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Strike Four

    The Evolution of Baseball

    by Richard Hershberger ...
    Baseball began as a schoolyard game, brought to America by the colonists. It evolved rapidly over the second half of the nineteenth century, with innovations and rule changes continuing throughout the twentieth century and into the modern era. But why and how did these changes take place?In Strike Four: The Evolution of Baseball, Richard Hershberger examines the national pastime’s development, ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Wrigley Field Year by Year

    A Century at the Friendly Confines

    by Sam Pathy ...
    More than just a lavishly illustrated and highly readable book, Wrigley Field Year by Year, originally published in 2014 and updated through the 2018 season, is the result of a quarter century of meticulous research. Written by a baseball historian and recognized authority on the “Friendly Confines,” this is the first book to detail each year of the storied park’s existence. The book covers not ... Read more

    $22.99 USD