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more about #billybeane more comments → owlcroft: Thoughts on a couple of points not answered individually: As to "sunk costs": I am in reality a major advocate of ball clubs learning to understand w... more » kneemoe1: No Midgets? Has Dustin Pedroia shown you that that one wasn't quite right? more » Catenaccio: This guy also has a site about induction cooking, which he calls 'simply the best cooking technology there is...' No, it's not and therefore I discou... more » Chris Hanson's Axe: Also, you've got to be pretty fucking full of yourself to claim all "analysis" for your own term, which would be more accurately called "hyper-statist... more » Artie Fufkin: You should mention that a lot of the Oakland A's late 1980s-1990s success was due in part to steroids. Buckets and buckets of steroids. oh and a dash ... more » thetaxman: This is nothing - you should see the upcoming 2 parter on Gizmodo authored by Sony Betamax. more » MeanMachine: There is a definite relation between runs scored and runs allowed over a stretch of games and games won during that stretch. No fucking shit, Sherlock. more » Kid Canada: NOT ALL GIANTS - JUST NO MIDGETS -- I have the same sign taped to my headboard. more » Pedro Cuatrocinco: "Whining Baseball" /fixed more » crazyjoedavola: As Alan Schwarz put it in his New York Times article on it, "One of the most influential baseball minds of the last 40 years is angry. And he is comin... more » Gus Johnson's Cardiologist: Anyone else confused? I could see if Craggs had used his intrepid reporting skill to uncover the true founder of the Moneyball theory, but to just let... more » ClickClickThud: Surprising stat: The New York Mets this year are tied for the NL lead in outs made per inning. more » Johnny LaRue: Aren't "footnotes" supposed to be brief? (except for legal briefs with strict page limits, of course) more » the earl of weaver: Besides my main baseball site, High Boskage House, I not long ago established another baseball-related site, Steroids, Other "Drugs", and Baseball. ... more » ClintonPortishead: Nice try Walker, but you're at least 15 minutes behind Drew. more » -
#moneyball
The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 1
He calls himself "the pebble that started the avalanche," the man who taught baseball analysis to Billy Beane. Gandhi, someone wrote, sparking MLK's revolution. Today, Moneyball remains a hotly debated phenomenon. Eric Walker is a footnote. Here's the footnote's story. More » -
#movies
Famous Actor Desperate To Portray Nerdy GM
Brad Pitt says that Moneyball: The Movie is still very much alive and he would very much like to play Billy Beane. So world-famous actors with beautiful movie star wives dream about being nerdy baseball executives? [MTV] -
#moneyball
Now It's Aaron Sorkin's Turn To Fail At Writing A Moneyball Script
Columbia has enlisted Sorkin, the sanctimonious West Wing creator last seen making Ed Asner say "Macau" over and over, to write a draft of the star-crossed Moneyball script. Such waste. Such inefficiency. Somebody could write a bestselling book about this. More » -
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Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made
The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So Billy Beane isn't a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters waitress slayer?
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#moneyball
Billy Beane Is A Golden God: Excerpts From The Scrapped Moneyball Script
It looks like Moneyball might not be coming to the big screen anytime soon because director Steven Soderbergh tinkered with the script and everyone realized that a movie version of the book made about as much sense as Joe Morgan. More » -
#mlb
Eric Chavez Might Be Done With Baseball Soon
Eric Chavez has been told by his doctors that he has a herniated disk in his back and if he hurts it again, that's it for his career. Man, that's gotta suck. More » -
#mlb
Fantasy Baseball Just Got 75 Percent Nerdier
Because your child has always wanted to wear a sports coat and tie while playing video games, it's MLB Front Office Manager by 2K Sports! More » -
