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CONTENTS Preface ix 1. Revisiting Moneyball 1 2. The Growth and Application of Baseball Analytics Today 23 3. An Overview of Current Sabermetric Thought I: Offense 38 4. An Overview of Current Sabermetric Thought II: Defense, WAR, and Strategy 57 5. The Moneyball Diaspora 85 6. Analytics and the Business of Baseball 102 7. Estimating the Impact of Sabermetrics 115 Appendix The Expected Run Matrix 139 Modeling the Effectiveness of Sabermetric Statistics 141 Modeling the Shifting Inefficiencies in MLB Labor Markets 151 Notes 155 Index 179 Acknowledgments 189 This page intentionally left blank ...

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