Contents 4 6 7 13 14 Professional Sports Career 1 Professional Baseball Player Think Like a Baseball Prospect Math Toolbox Fractions to Decimals Career Pathways Professional Baseball Player Career 2 Sports Statistician Think Like a Sports Statistician Math Toolbox Graphing Distance Career Pathways Sports Statistician Career 3 Sports Journalist Think Like a Sports Journalist Math Toolbox Patterns Career Pathways Sports Journalist Learning More Career 1 Answers Glossary Career 2 Answers Index Author’s Bio Career 3 Answers 15 16 20 21 22 23 28 29 30 31 Please note The standard and metric systems are used interchangeably throughout this book 32 3
Professional Sports Being involved in professional sports is exciting interesting and challenging Many children dream of becoming a professional athlete but there are many other interesting jobs within the field of professional sports Imagine you are a baseball player and you have been invited to a professional baseball team’s training camp You know the coaches will be watching you You wonder if you’ll perform well enough to be considered a prospect 4
There are also opportunities for sports fans They know the players and the game and keep up-to-date on data from recent sports games There are ways to use your talents to help the team off the field You could become the team statistician Your job is to track the team’s performance watch for promising players and use mathematics to give the team management an advantage Your work helps build the team Are you a fan of many different sports How would you like to be a professional sports journalist You would watch the games then interview coaches and players afterward to get the story behind the big wins and heartbreaking losses What amazing ways to earn a living 5
