billy beane

6 min read 2022-10-23 14:52:01

This One Really Hurt

It took me a full week to get off the mat and write after the San Diego debacle. Sorry about that. I have always found that the most difficult post

3 min read 2022-05-10 02:53:56

Use of data in baseball is about far more than fans and commentators rattling off arcane facts about the New York Yankees or the Boston Red Sox.

8 min read 2022-04-07 03:30:00

“Everybody loves baseball,” an aunt once told me. I don’t know about that. Lots of people really like baseball, but I think she was delusional

4 min read 2022-03-14 21:00:00

FreightWaves has announced two more keynote speakers for the upcoming The Future of Supply Chain event: Billy Beane, executive vice president of

2 min read 2022-03-12 04:00:00

Oakland Athletics Executive Vice President Billy Beane, the inspiration for the bestselling book and movie “Moneyball,” will be one of the

1 min read 2021-10-25 03:38:00

A lot has happened since the last time I posted here. The Astros and Braves will compete against each other in a World Series that doesn't hold much

1 min read 2021-10-10 03:39:00

The postseason for the New York Mets has barely begun, but there is already word that Theo Epstein will not be the new President of Baseball

1 min read 2021-09-29 04:34:00

In my last post, I shared some thoughts on the current punditry that the New York Mets organization has reverted to WILPON ERA DYSFUNCTION.

1 min read 2021-09-22 04:19:00

I've been working on a long post looking ahead to the choices the New York Mets will be facing in the offseason. I've been dissatisfied with how it's

7 min read 2021-03-25 03:00:00

Healthy competition builds character, and we encounter it all the time — or manufacture it where it needn’t exist. Whether we are choosing our

9 min read 2021-02-18 12:30:35

~~ Nobody ever accused Muhammad Ali of lacking ambition. His goals were always super-sized. So it’s only fitting that one of his most revealing

6 min read 2021-01-11 13:07:17

I have lost count of the number of times I have read that Kody Hoese is expected to have a big impact for the Dodgers in 2021. I find myself smh

8 min read 2020-12-23 13:04:25

On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, the Philadelphia Phillies hired Sam Fuld to be their General Manager, with no real experience in front office player

7 min read 2020-10-15 20:02:02

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane will soon have a stake in the Boston Red Sox through

6 min read 2020-10-15 20:02:02

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane will soon have a stake in the Boston Red Sox through