{"product_id":"trading-bases-how-a-wall-street-trader-made-a-fortune-betting-on-baseball-paperback-1","title":"Trading Bases: How a Wall Street Trader Made a Fortune Betting on Baseball - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Peta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ex-Wall Street trader improved on \u003ci\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/i\u003e's famed sabermetrics and beat the Vegas odds with his own betting methods. Here is the story of how Joe Peta turned fantasy baseball into a dream come true.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoe Peta turned his back on his Wall Street trading career to pursue an ingenious--and incredibly risky--dream. He would apply his risk-analysis skills to Major League Baseball, and treat the sport like the S\u0026amp;P 500. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTrading Bases\u003c\/i\u003e, Peta takes us on his journey from the ballpark in San Francisco to the trading floors and baseball bars of New York and the sportsbooks of Las Vegas, telling the story of how he created a baseball \"hedge fund\" with an astounding 41 percent return in his first year. \u003ci\u003eAnd \u003c\/i\u003ehe explains the unique methods he developed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Peta provides insight into the Wall Street crisis he managed to escape: the fragility of the midnineties investment model; the disgraced former CEO of Lehman Brothers, who recruited Peta; and the high-adrenaline atmosphere where million-dollar sports-betting pools were common.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter earning an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, \u003cb\u003eJoe Peta\u003c\/b\u003e was a Wall Street market maker and hedge fund stock trader for fifteen years, but he was a sports bettor for even longer. A lifelong baseball fan, he lives in San Francisco with his wife and two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45820821373125,"sku":"9780451415172","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/rjI2jXCfEE9780451415172_409f2a3e-9e24-4628-aa00-9deeb5883a43.webp?v=1771079930","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/trading-bases-how-a-wall-street-trader-made-a-fortune-betting-on-baseball-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}