Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order )

An ex-Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball 's famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games--with a 41 percent return in his first year. Trading Ba…

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