Editor Christopher Tellefsen on Moneyball

February 17, 2012, 05:21 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/13670.html

Faced with an almost ludicrous salary differential between the Oakland Athletics (which had USD41 million to spend on players in 2002) and large-market teams like the New York Yankees (which threw around USD125 million in the same season), Oakland's General Manager Billy Beane looked to the numbers to help give his team an edge. The best-selling book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game examined Beane's efforts, which ended up changing the way many baseball clubs look at the game.

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