Index
Numbers
9th inning, tie game, 131–132
“193” batting average, 129
2001 American League Playoffs, 1–3
2008 Beijing Olympics, 134
A
Abbott, Jim
example of dark humor, 62–66
on practice and preparation, 128
accidental world record, 44–45
actions and results, changing, 4–5
Alvarez, Wilson, 125–126, 132–133
American League Playoffs, 2001, 1–3
amygdala hijack, 22
anxiety
antidotes to, 81–82
raising level of, 69
arousal
and effort, 41–42
and performance, 40–42
A’s, 1–3, 5, 39, 49, 52, 71, 85, 87, 92, 107
assumptions, example of, 85
average, beating, 75–80
B
Baltimore Orioles, 125, 129, 131
Banksy, 59–60
baseball box scores, 105–106
Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
Koufax, Sandy, 43
Maddux, Greg, 71
Martinez, Pedro, 122 ...
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