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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hirsch, Sheldon, 1955-     Subjects     Sports -- United States -- Miscellanea.     Sports -- United States -- Anecdotes.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hirsch, Sheldon, 1955-       by title:      Hot hands, draft hyp...       by call number:      796.0973 H669h     Search the Web     Hirsch, Sheldon, 1955-     Sports -- United States -- Miscellanea.     Sports -- United States -- Anecdotes.       MARC Display

Hot hands, draft hype, & DiMaggio's streak : debunking America's favorite sports myths / Sheldon Hirsch by Hirsch, Sheldon, 1955- ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, 2017. Call #: 796.0973 H669h Subjects Sports -- United States -- Miscellanea.   Sports -- United States -- Anecdotes. ISBN:  9781512600636 (pbk.) Description:  xiv, 231 pages ; 23 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index Summary:  In sports there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Joe DiMaggio's fifty-six-game hitting streak was magical. The three-point shot is an essential part of NBA basketball. Babe Ruth shouldn't have attempted to steal second base in the ninth inning of the 1926 World Series. Scientist and researcher Sheldon Hirsch has taken a decidedly unorthodox approach to sports history. He looks at myths, legends, conventional wisdom, shibboleths, and firm convictions of all kinds that sports lovers hold to be true, and demonstrates how analysis of facts and figures disproves what tradition - and sportswriters - would have us believe. Divided into three parts, on baseball, basketball, and football, this book contains enough clear-sightedness and shocking conclusions to delight any sports lover. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 796.0973 H669h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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