Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.
make change when it is needed. After a painful loss in the 2001 playoffs and then losing three top players to larger-market teams, Mr. Beane decides that drastic changes need to be made. He turns to a young Yale economics graduate who believed players should be valued by their on-base percentage rather than the traditional method of relying on scouts' experience and intuition.
Stand by your decisions. Beane's unconventional methodology was ridiculed by baseball critics. It also wasn't greeted warmly within the A's organization, with player manager Art Howe and several coaches among his early detractors. But Beane didn't budge. He fired at least one top scout who refused to adopt the team's new recruiting plan.
Beane also worked to get the rest of the team and staff on board. He explained the process and spent weeks teaching and encouraging players to perform to or beyond expectations.
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