September
07Moneyball is not just the title of the movie but it is a phrase that spun into existence because of Oakland Athletics general manager, Billy Beane and the use of analytics to turn baseball on it’s head. The movie tells the true story of the Oakland As who realized they needed to do something a little different to try and make any kind of decent sized dent in Major League Baseball. Once again math is the answer to it all, you could use averages, on base percentage and any number of other things to produce wins simply by a player […]