bbAn ex-Wall Street trader improved on iMoneyballi'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.bb pJoe 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 SP 500. pIn iTrading Basesi, 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. iAnd ihe explains the unique methods he developed. pAlong 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 wh