{"product_id":"9780307591807","title":"Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships;  the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees' tendencies in every sport to \"swallow the whistle,\" and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the insights that Scorecasting reveals:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in high-pressure putting situations that you and I are\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy professional teams routinely overvalue draft picks \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe myth of momentum  or the \"hot hand\" in sports, and why so many fans, coaches, and broadcasters fervently subscribe to it\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy NFL coaches rarely go for a first down on fourth-down situations—even when their reluctance to do so reduces their chances of winning.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an engaging narrative that takes us from the putting greens of Augusta to the grid iron of a small parochial high school in Arkansas, Scorecasting will forever change how you view the game, whatever your favorite sport might be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown\/Archetype","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019759042800,"sku":"9780307591807","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307591807_p0.jpg?v=1763673210","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307591807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}