Read & Repeat6 Jun 2023

EP42 Moneyball by Michael Lewis

Moneyball, the groundbreaking book by Michael Lewis, forever changed the landscape of professional sports. Moneyball tells the inspiring story of the Oakland A's, a small-market baseball team that defied the odds by leveraging advanced data to gain a competitive edge in the highly traditional world of baseball. The hero of this story is the Oakland A's general manager, Billy Beane, who repeatedly challenged the conventional wisdom of the game by favoring data-driven decision-making over the scouts’ “eye test”. He managed the team much like a hedge fund manager would trade assets, exploiting market inefficiencies to build a competitive roster, despite having a significantly lower payroll than his peers. Let’s dive into the extraordinary story that started the sports analytics revolution! ---- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game - Michael Lewis Expectations Debt - Morgan Housel

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Please share with a friend or rate 5 stars if you enjoyed this episode! | Find me on Twitter @ReadnRepeatPod ---- Show Notes: 2:22 - Billy Beane's experience as a top HS prospect forged his view as a GM later on 7:56 - Expectations Debt 14:43 - Bill James, a pioneer of baseball analytics 18:00 - Conventional wisdom often produces conventional results 21:35 - We need to be DIFFERENT to win 23:19 - Bet where you have an edge 26:57- Euclis: the Greek God of Walks 31:17 - Zig when others zag... college > HS pitchers 33:42 - A pseudo hedge fund manager 38:45 - Buying low when teams lose hope 42:21 - Avoiding the echo chamber of traditional execs 44:59 - Pick ROI over EGO 48:42 - Luck kills them in the playoffs 52:04 - The sports analytics revolution & beyond

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