Shane Orr's Reviews > The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball

If you are a coach, either in real-life, tabletop, or online, this book is invaluable. Tom Tango does deep statistical analysis using real Major League Baseball data to either confirm or debunk conventional wisdom on some of the most common baseball decisions that a manager would be faced with. I'm something of a math and statistics geek, but some of the sections went too far into the weeds of explanation even for me. While those with some knowledge of standard deviations, means, and regression analysis will be able to see behind the curtain on how the conclusions are arrived at, there are great summaries throughout each section that you can skip to to get right to the answer you're looking for. I highly recommend this for anyone with an interest in baseball decision making.