It is interesting that treat people Moneyball movie, because it is full of radical ideas. The statistical revolution in baseball was not even new when the book was written. But the central idea of ??the book – taking advantage of inefficiencies in the market – it has always existed, since the first time someone a trade imbalance in the local bazaar.
I, like thousands of baseball enthusiasts, was described by all the statistical analysis in Money Ball in the 80s by Bill James Baseball Abstracts reading. I practiced law at the time, but I got a job with the Kansas City Royals’ scouting department with the idea of ??applying some of these methods. I was as over-qualified, the vote in the case of the Royals likely be denied. They were probably the enemy organization in baseball stat, which is a loss strategy for a small market team. I’m not even sure if they really believe in modern statistics, commonly used in the Major League Baseball today. » Read more: Moneyball and Football Pools
