What sport benefits the most from home-field advantage? Would you rather have a team with 1 superstar and a bunch of average players, or no superstars, but a bunch of really good players? Does defense really win championships? Read this book to find out! I wouldn't call myself a huge sports fan, but I found this book fun to read nonetheless. It's the kind of book you can read out of order, jumping around to whichever chapter seems interesting.

Great, well written read. I found myself continuously having to acknowledge that i held many of the biases that they then would granularly and convincingly destroy through data. Long live the mathematicians! And long live sport! It turns out that they DO, actually, go together.

A fantastic sports book that has an excellent statistical side to it as well! A must read for any sports fan!