Title: The way to think about odds
Product review: This book gives a gentle introduction to probability and odds. It's not a statistics text and doesn't pretend to be one, though the last chapter discusses some questions that can really only be answered using statistical methods. The author makes it clear that the models he discusses, and often illustrates with familiar examples, are only approximations to real-world baseball (if there is such a thing). There's genuine math, presented in an engagingly informal style at about a high school level. Not enough to guarantee the reader will win at sports gambling, but enough to give a feeling for how the pros might do it. Along the way, there are tidbits of baseball lore salted with the author's frankly personal opinions.
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