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Kyle Boddy is an American baseball pitching trainer and consultant. He is the founder and owner of baseball performance training system Driveline Baseball, which uses a sabermetric approach to increase pitching velocity and improve conditioning.
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Super Crunchers
Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart
Ian Ayres - 2007-08-28
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Get ready for a fascinating journey into the world of number crunching! In this groundbreaking book, economist Ian Ayres takes us on a tour of how today’s organizations are leveraging big data to gain greater insights into human behavior. Known as “Super Crunchers,” these decision makers are using powerful mathematical formulas to predict everything from football player performance to airline ticket prices. Ayres explores the benefits and risks of relying on data over intuition and shows us how Super Crunchers can be used for our benefit, not manipulation. Don't miss out on this thought-provoking read!
Kyle Boddy
2020-11-09T22:47:53.000Z
To grasp where baseball scouting and player development is going, converting your brain from deterministic (X causes Y) to probabilistic thinking (X implies Y some Z% of the time) is the first step. Here are the two books that helped me make the leap.      source
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The Theory of Poker
A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One
David Sklansky - 1999-07-01 (first published in 1983)
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Learn essential theories and strategies for dominating poker games of every variation with this comprehensive guide. From the Fundamental Theorem of Poker to psychology and game theory, gain an edge at the table with topics like deception, bluffing, and semibluffing. Top poker players claim this mind-bending book changed how they play. Are you ready to join their ranks? This is the ultimate poker playbook.
Kyle Boddy
2020-11-09T22:47:53.000Z
To grasp where baseball scouting and player development is going, converting your brain from deterministic (X causes Y) to probabilistic thinking (X implies Y some Z% of the time) is the first step. Here are the two books that helped me make the leap.      source
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Future Value
The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar
Eric Longenhagen - 2020-04-14
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Discover the essential analytical component of baseball teams - scouting - with Future Value. Authors Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel take readers on a journey into the world of contemporary scouting with an in-depth examination of its language, methods, metrics, and madness. From rural high schools to elite amateur showcases, Longenhagen and McDaniel explore how scouting is evolving with data-driven approaches and statistical models. Learn about the key systems and techniques used to assess talent - from tool grades to front office politics - and how to watch baseball like a pro.
Kyle Boddy
2020-08-17T00:22:06.000Z
Someone asked me about books to read on baseball player development and scouting - this is a great place to start. Would start with these three in order: The MVP Machine Future Value The Only Rule is it Has to Work Then YOU MUST watch: The Battered Bastards of Baseball      source
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The MVP Machine
How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
Ben Lindbergh - 2019-06-04
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Discover the high-tech quest to build better players in major league baseball’s next revolution. In The MVP Machine, bestselling authors reveal how data-driven approaches are overturning traditional techniques, perfecting prospects, and eking extra runs out of older athletes who were once written off. Journey behind-the-scenes to learn how undersized afterthoughts became big sluggers and MVPs, how polarizing pitchers emerged as aces, and how coaching and scouting are being turned upside down. The MVP Machine charts the future of a sport and offers a lesson that goes beyond baseball: success stems from making the most of untapped potential.
Kyle Boddy
2020-08-17T00:22:06.000Z
Someone asked me about books to read on baseball player development and scouting - this is a great place to start. Would start with these three in order: The MVP Machine Future Value The Only Rule is it Has to Work Then YOU MUST watch: The Battered Bastards of Baseball      source
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The Only Rule Is It Has to Work
Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team [Includes a New Afterword]
Ben Lindbergh - 2016-05-03
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Discover what happens when two outsiders are given the chance to run a professional baseball team, using advanced statistics to assemble and run a team. Follow along as they navigate real-life challenges, including guiding the first openly gay player in professional baseball with the goal of one cardinal rule: it has to work. Will their approach lead to victory or ruin, and will they defy sport’s traditional wisdom or prove it right? This wild ride is perfect for baseball enthusiasts and numbers geeks alike, proving you don’t need a bat or glove to make a difference in the game.
Kyle Boddy
2020-08-17T00:22:06.000Z
Someone asked me about books to read on baseball player development and scouting - this is a great place to start. Would start with these three in order: The MVP Machine Future Value The Only Rule is it Has to Work Then YOU MUST watch: The Battered Bastards of Baseball      source
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Ball Four
The Final Pitch
Jim Bouton - 1990-07-12 (first published in 1970)
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This classic book shook up the sports world when it was first published in 1970. With a new prologue by the author, it remains an important social document and beloved by fans. Though once considered a traitor and "social leper," Bouton's book is still being read today, even by those who don't typically follow baseball.
Kyle Boddy
2019-07-11T02:53:59.000Z
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." — Jim Bouton If you haven't read Ball Four, well, you really need to. Best baseball book ever written. Yes, that includes Lords of the Realm.      source
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The Man Who Solved the Market
How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Gregory Zuckerman - 2019-11-07
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A gripping story of the world's greatest money maker in modern finance history. Revealing how a mathematician and former code breaker mastered the market using a data-driven, algorithmic approach. With unprecedented access to Jim Simons and first-hand accounts from current and former employees, learn how Renaissance's Medallion fund generated profits of more than $100 billion since 1988. This book is not just about Simons's success and legacy, but also how it impacted his firm, country, and the rest of us. Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
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What You Do Is Who You Are
How to Create Your Business Culture
Ben Horowitz - 2019-10-29
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Explore how to build and sustain a purposeful culture with "What You Do Is Who You Are" by a leading venture capitalist and management expert. Through historical figures and modern case-studies, the book offers surprising advice and guidance for executives to shape their organization's culture and make purposeful decisions. Discover how to understand your company's strategy and become the kind of leader others want to follow. It's not just about the values you list, but about what you do.
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SprawlBall
A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
Kirk Goldsberry - 2019-04-30
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Discover the modern NBA like never before with SprawlBall by Kirk Goldsberry. This groundbreaking book uses stunning infographics and in-depth analysis to reveal who shoots where and how, and why players like Steph Curry and James Harden are revolutionizing the game. Delve into chapters like “The Geography of the NBA” and “The Investor” to understand how the sport has evolved and become more popular than ever, making this a must-read for fans of basketball analytics and sports enthusiasts alike.
Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet