Billy Beane
As of this afternoon, The Oakland A's were 8 games ahead of the Los Angeles Angels in the Western Division of the American League. They won something like 21 of 26 games in August and have posted a winning percentage well above .700 over the past 5 Augusts.
What is truly amazing is that Beane continues to get these results even after the 'secrets' of Sabermetrics have become broadly known and much more accepted than in the past. While he has still not been able to win in the postseason (and the Sabermetricians can explain why "Moneyball" doesn't work as well in the postseason) his overall results have been no less than remarkable.
Anyone who thinks he is just lucky is an idiot.
As of this afternoon, The Oakland A's were 8 games ahead of the Los Angeles Angels in the Western Division of the American League. They won something like 21 of 26 games in August and have posted a winning percentage well above .700 over the past 5 Augusts.
What is truly amazing is that Beane continues to get these results even after the 'secrets' of Sabermetrics have become broadly known and much more accepted than in the past. While he has still not been able to win in the postseason (and the Sabermetricians can explain why "Moneyball" doesn't work as well in the postseason) his overall results have been no less than remarkable.
Anyone who thinks he is just lucky is an idiot.
posted by MoChassid @ 8:33 PM
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