This book argues that the value of signing an athlete to a contract should be determined similarly to the determination of the value of an investment project or a financial asset.

"From her wheelchair, she was taught to catch and hit a baseball. It was magic. Quiet, reclusive Mary Dobkin returned to the hospital a new person, ignited by direct experience with baseball.

But which players would have won baseball's batting crowns if the rule had been consistent? What if the current sacrifice fly rule had been in effect for the 1931-53 period? Who would have won the batting titles, then?