Simon Schuster</br></br>Product Description</br></br>A delight for baseball lovers (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>) and one of the most significant baseball books of the year (Bob Costas) <i>Ahead of the Curve</i> uses stories from baseballs present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information and how tradition can trump logic.<BR><BR>Forget batting average. Kill the Win. Say goodbye to starting pitchers. And please please stop bunting. MLB Network anchor and commentator Brian Kenny provides an excellent entertaining read for the all-around baseball fan (<i>Library Journal</i>) and shows how baseball has been revolutionizednot destroyedby analytical thinking.<BR> <BR>Most people who resist logical thought in baseball preach tradition and respecting the game. But many of baseballs traditions go back to the nineteenth century when the pitchers job was to provide the batter with a ball he could hit and fielders played without gloves. Instead of fearing change Brian Kenny wants fans to think critically reject outmoded groupthink?? and embrace the changes that