Word....the nerds are invading the NBA

[Barry Sanders]

I don't have that much time.

But basically, it's about finding and exploiting market inefficiencies. Maximizing value. Finding talent and value where others didn't. Etc.

But most every team uses this now...well most. The Phillies seem proud to be one of the few remaining pillars of old-time.

basically have good players on your team and find some diamonds in the rough

 

[HHR]

If your not the champion at the end.of.the season, you obviously didn't get that much better.

Hypothetical situation here.....


The A's don't use "Moneyball" tactics and win 83 games.

The A's USE "Moneyball tactics and win 90 games and lose in the ALDS.

Did they or did they not get better?

 

[HHR]

And didn't they win a championship in the past 5 yrs using this concept.

I'm not sure who you're talking about, first off.

And second, it's possible to have a successful season without winning a title.

 

[Barry Sanders]

I'm not sure who you're talking about, first off.

And second, it's possible to have a successful season without winning a title.

the a's been having these season forever it seems

 

[HHR]

the a's been having these season forever it seems

Losing in the playoffs is preferable to not making the playoffs.


If you want to get deeper into baseball theory, a lot of postseason success is essentially random.

There was nothing about how those A's teams were built that caused them to lose in the postseason.

 

[TheNig]

You. Are. An. Idiot.

There is nothing about sabermetrics, moneyball, advanced analytics, or whatever the fukk you want to call it, that makes a team that uses/focuses on them LESS LIKELY to win a title.

fukking idiots all over this thread.

Im not going back and forth with you brun. You're geek ass baseball fan. I expect you to defend this to the end.

 

[Barry Sanders]

Losing the playoffs is preferable to not making the playoffs.

what is billy angle with what he do is finding player after player and letting them go

 

[TheNig]

I'm not sure who you're talking about, first off.

And second, it's possible to have a successful season without winning a title.

See... I'm a Lakers fan. If they don't win it all it's a fukkin' failure.

 

[Barry Sanders]

Losing in the playoffs is preferable to not making the playoffs.


If you want to get deeper into baseball theory, a lot of postseason success is essentially random.

There was nothing about how those A's teams were built that caused them to lose in the postseason.

what's billy angle find quality players and let them go

 

[HHR]

what's billy angle find quality players and let them go

What language was this post translated from?

 

[ghostwriterx]

The goal of the As is to win a title. How many do they have in that time span?

The goal is to give your team a chance to win a title, especially for a small market team. There's only a handful of teams that judge their success on whether or not they win a title.

There's value in being competitive and making the making the playoffs on a regular basis, especially in baseball where an avg to good team can get hot late and win it all in October.

 

[Barry Sanders]

What language was this post translated from?

like billy let jermaine go to the white sox and he wins a w/s with them and wins w/s mvp

 

[Barry Sanders]

The goal is to give your team a chance to win a title, especially for a small market team. There's only a handful of teams that judge their success on whether or not they win a title.

There's value in being competitive and making the making the playoffs on a regular basis, especially in baseball where an avg to good team can get hot late and win it all in October.

who do the a's keep

who is the a's franchise player

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

Hypothetical situation here.....


The A's don't use "Moneyball" tactics and win 83 games.

The A's USE "Moneyball tactics and win 90 games and lose in the ALDS.

Did they or did they not get better?

Doesn't matter. I'm not the type of dude who gets off on "we aren't the champs, but we were better than last year". I'm the type of guy who is "win it all because nothing else matters". If you don't win it all, you're just as good as everyone else who didn't.

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

The goal is to give your team a chance to win a title, especially for a small market team. There's only a handful of teams that judge their success on whether or not they win a title.

There's value in being competitive and making the making the playoffs on a regular basis, especially in baseball where an avg to good team can get hot late and win it all in October.

see above.


I don't know about you, but the goal for me, is to win the title, every single time.