of Oakland A’s general manager, Billy Beane. His former General Manager (GM), Sandy Alderson, mentored him in


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ack in 2011, an interesting movie was released named Moneyball. The movie was based on the story


the art of sabermetrics (statistical analy- sis). In turn, Beane successfully assem- bled a lower-budget team based on emerging prospects and undervalued vet- erans that consistently performed. Most other Major League Baseball teams during


this time were interested in high-priced su- perstars that may or may not have consis- tently produced. One theme I noticed throughout the movie was consistent, well-placed singles beat a few home runs every time.


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