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Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
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Every sports story is a labor story, and this one dates back to 1965 when the fledgling Major League Baseball Players Association began to strengthen in response to the owners’ threat that they would cancel the players’ pension plan. Since then the sport has seen nine work stoppages, some $270 million in owner fines after the players proved the tea... See more