--- product_id: 41450456 title: "Hot Hands, Draft Hype, and DiMaggio's Streak: Debunking America's Favorite Sports Myths" brand: "foreedge" price: "KD 9.77" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/41450456-hot-hands-draft-hype-and-dimaggios-streak-debunking-americas-favorite store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # Hot Hands, Draft Hype, and DiMaggio's Streak: Debunking America's Favorite Sports Myths **Brand:** foreedge **Price:** KD 9.77 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Hot Hands, Draft Hype, and DiMaggio's Streak: Debunking America's Favorite Sports Myths by foreedge - **How much does it cost?** KD 9.77 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/41450456-hot-hands-draft-hype-and-dimaggios-streak-debunking-americas-favorite) ## Best For - foreedge enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted foreedge brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Hot Hands, Draft Hype, and DiMaggio's Streak: Debunking America's Favorite Sports Myths ## Images ![Hot Hands, Draft Hype, and DiMaggio's Streak: Debunking America's Favorite Sports Myths - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ZLgDn9LHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Terrific Insights *by A***O on Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2019* The author has an entirely different take on evaluating sports accomplishments. Very, very smart. The best part deals with baseball, but all sections are enlightening. My favorite? A convincing argument that Mickey Mantle was the greatest of all time, considering all facets of the game. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the real fan *by C***K on Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017* The book has three sections, baseball, basketball and football. I'm a big baseball fan, and loved the baseball section. There's a good discussion of some of the new baseball stats like BABIP, and the weakness of stats like WAR. Asking questions like "Who was the better player Mantle or Mays? or how to compare a player from the 1930s to a current player are the stuff of baseball and may never be answered satisfactorily. But Hirsch shows some different ways of looking at such questions, which at least, point out why such comparisons are difficult.Basketball is my least favorite sport and I don't know much about it. The baseball and basketball sections are about the same length and I ended up skipping most of the basketball section as it was getting technical and I don't know the players or situations he was writing about. There was some interesting stuff. I never heard of the controversy concerning 2002 NBA Finals, that the league conspired to fix the 6th game of the Lakers-Kings series to force a 7th game. This seems absurd on the face of it, for any and all the reasons Hirsch describes.The football section was the shortest, and more general in tone, and an interesting read for a casual football fan like me. Hirsch spends little time on football injuries, such as concussions. As a medical doctor I'd have expected more. He seems to think that the data isn't in to conclude that long term injuries are a problem with football.I'm giving this 4 stars because I thought the baseball section was excellent. I don't know enough about the game to evaluate the basketball section but if it was as good as the baseball part, then the book deserves 4 stars. The football section was comparatively weak, so I can't give 5 stars. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Recommend to sports fans *by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2017* The 56 game hitting streak overrated? That never occurred to me, but the author provides a good argument for that unusual claim. He offers unconventional ideas about other debatable topics like Mantle vs Mays, Cabrera vs Trout, Buckner's error, Billy Beane's ups and downs, Tommy John surgery, Jon Lester's fear of pick offs, Joe Maddon's oddities, and much more. The book got me thinking about these things in ways I hadn't before. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/41450456-hot-hands-draft-hype-and-dimaggios-streak-debunking-americas-favorite](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/41450456-hot-hands-draft-hype-and-dimaggios-streak-debunking-americas-favorite) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kuwait* *Store origin: KW* *Last updated: 2026-05-24*