Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball Author: Visit Amazon's Joe Peta Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0525953647 | Format: PDF
Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball Description
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Peta, a successful Wall Street trader, found himself confined to a wheelchair in early 2011—he had suffered multiple injuries after being struck by an ambulance as he was walking in Lower Manhattan—and then fired by his employer, Nomura Securities. Reengaging with the world by joining his love of statistical analysis to baseball, Peta created a reliable system for beating Vegas odds throughout the 2011 Major League season. It would be easy to call out Peta for cynically using sport for financial gain—and he can be unnervingly detached when crunching numbers—but it’s clear that he loves the game itself as much as the winnings. Moreover, he asks a number of salient questions, such as: How can businesses on Wall Street and beyond apply the thinking used by baseball sabermetricians to strengthen their own organizations? The answers, and how Peta arrived at them, make for great reading. --Alan Moores
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"Peta created a reliable system for beating Vegas odds throughout the 2011 Major League season. (B)ut it's clear he loves the game as much as the winnings. Moreover, he asks a number of salient questions, such as: How can businesses on Wall Street and beyond apply thinking used by baseball sabermetricians to strengthen their own organizations? The answers, and how Peta arrived at them, make for great reading." --
Booklist"A fun approach to developing the discipline necessary to separate reproducible skills from the disruptive effects of chance in baseball, finance, and life. Peta's approach is helpful to understanding statistical analysis in any field, not just the chosen baseball specialty. The main focus on baseball provides a starting point for much more." --
Kirkus Reviews"You don’t have to be a baseball analyst or former stock trader to connect with Trading Bases...Trading Bases will help you to be that fan." - Dallas Morning News
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- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Dutton Adult (March 7, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0525953647
- ISBN-13: 978-0525953647
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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