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Sports Central
April 22, 2004
Mike Round |
Billy Beane: Messiah or Phony? Billy Beane had taken over a team in disarray, with only slightly more fans than the Expos, and transformed them into a perennial contender in the tough AL West.   |
Fast Company
November 2003
Keith H. Hammonds |
Beane's Magic Back in May, in "How to Play Beane Ball," we wrote glowingly of general manager Billy Beane and his Oakland A's baseball team which, we predicted, "almost certainly will win a lot more games than it will lose this season." We're exhaling now: At press time, the A's were 90-60. |
Sports Illustrated
June 25, 2003
Daniel G. Habib |
The Unbearable Brightness of Beane A best-seller made A's G.M. Billy Beane look like a genius. Will it also make him a pariah? |
Knowledge@Wharton
August 27, 2003 |
Baseball by the Numbers Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, tells the fascinating story of how Billy Beane has come tantalizingly close, as a general manager, to turning the Oakland Athletics -- one of the poorest teams in baseball -- into an Ugly Duckling success and a perennial contender. |
Reason
December 2003
Matt Welch |
Balls The joy of watching ideas win -- a review of Michael Lewis's Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game |
Sports Central
May 7, 2004
Eric Poole |
Beane's Fault Lies Not in Himself, But in His Stars The notion that Beane's teams are equipped to win during the regular season but not in the playoffs has some merit only in the fact that the A's general manager acquires the players he does out of necessity. |
Sports Central
August 2, 2006
Alvin Chang |
Re-Draft, Playball in Five Years (Pt. 2) The Universe Draft is a list of the top 30 young players currently at the big league level. Here is a discussion of picks six to ten. |
Sports Central
June 13, 2007
Bob Ekstrom |
Can Pitching Really Win the AL Pennant? If the old baseball adage holds, these two teams should be locking horns in the ALCS come October, right? Maybe not. |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2004
Tom Gardner |
Moneyball's Undervalued Players An interview with Michael Lewis, author of "Moneyball," a book that looks into the roaring success of the Oakland A's baseball team and how it applies to general value stock investing. |
Sports Central
June 13, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
Where Have You Gone, Billy Beane? Now, manager Billy Beane only steps into the limelight in June and July for the amateur draft and trading deadlines. |
Sports Illustrated
March 12, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Little doubt The Boston Red Sox realized their new manager was the perfect fit... |
Sports Illustrated
July 9, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Fehring the worst Baseball's union head has many issues to solve -- starting with steroids. |
Sports Central
March 5, 2009
Mike Round |
Forget Steroids and Recession: Play Ball! Here's a look around MLB's American and National Leagues and predictions for the upcoming season. |
Sports Central
October 17, 2006
Bob Ekstrom |
A's Far A's They Go Who thought the Oakland Athletics would still be playing baseball through the second week of October? The first week maybe, but not the second. |
Sports Central
July 16, 2013
Brad Oremland |
A Moneyball Primer For David Wells The unfortunate downside is that when people try to explain why they don't like sabermetrics, they usually don't know what they're talking about. |
Sports Central
July 14, 2008
Kyle Jahner |
Diamonds in the Rough Who are the no-names shaping first-half pennant races? |
Sports Central
May 3, 2005
Eric Poole |
The P-Word in Baseball? A summary of the Major League Baseball season so far, and looking ahead to the playoffs. |
Sports Central
July 6, 2004
William Geoghegan |
Closing Time They are charged with a simple task -- get three outs in the ninth inning. They are the closers, and they get a heck of a lot of attention. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2004
Bob Bobala |
Boston's Hottest Stock Are the Red Sox a stock on the rise, or will the Yankees do them in again? |
Sports Central
July 23, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
The Hottest Team in Baseball One of the teams that may trade for players to help for the stretch run and stands to benefit from the extra wild card is the Oakland Athletics, who are currently baseball's hottest team, posting a 14-2 record in July to go from having the AL's fourth-worst record to its fourth-best. |
Sports Illustrated
May 28, 2002
Stephen Cannella |
Reality Check A shakeup aims to give the lumbering A's a jump start... |
Sports Central
February 23, 2010
Scott Shepherd |
Daryl Morey: The New Billy Beane Take a poll of any causal basketball fan and ask them to name the best GM in the NBA, and at some point in the conversation Morey's name is sure to come up. |
BusinessWeek
March 31, 2011
Ira Boudway |
Baseball: Running the New Numbers Reams of data from motion-capture technology may soon revolutionize America's pastime. |
Sports Illustrated
June 12, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Interleague improvement New MLB scheduling adds a fun twist to the games. |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Rotation proclamation This MLB postseason proves that depth is vital to a winning staff |
Sports Illustrated
May 8, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
An F for the A's Touted as a contender, awful Oakland is in danger of falling out of the playoff picture... |
Sports Central
September 26, 2007
Mike Round |
Who Will Be Great in '08? Here's an early look at the prospects of some of baseball's also-rans for 2008. |
Sports Illustrated
July 11, 2001
Tom Verducci |
All-Star leftovers The Mariners appear to be intensifying their search for a hitter who can bat second in their lineup, behind Ichiro Suzuki... Phillies general manager Ed Wade knows about the little black book in which manager Larry Bowa is making notations about his players' work habits... etc. |
Sports Central
June 19, 2007
Kyle Jahner |
Baseball's Voting Propaganda The all-star team should be about who is having the best season this year, who the fans want to see, and who has accomplished more in their career, in that order. |
Sports Central
August 13, 2005
William Geoghegan |
A's Aren't Pretty, But They're Good This year's Oakland A's are defined by their white shows: ugly, plain, but good quality. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2004
Tom Gardner |
Moneyball's Home Run Insights In this interview Michael Lewis, the author of Moneyball, says the best valuation models might be found in the game of baseball. |
Fast Company
November 1, 2007 |
There Are Competing Priorities in Every Business. A clear, simple strategy helps ensure that the best choices are made. |
Sports Illustrated
October 17, 2001
Tom Verducci |
The sounds of October A's learn the hard way about importance of fundamentals... |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2011
David Gardner |
Moneyballing the Financial World Part of what makes baseball so interesting and compelling to lovers of numbers is that it is scored. |
Insurance & Technology
December 20, 2004 |
Never a Dull Moment A profile of Craig Lowenthal, VP & CIO of Hartford Financial Products, looks at his industry association, favorite web site, favorite sport and favorite book. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2011
Brian Stoffel |
"Moneyball" and the Game of Investing As the popular movie kicks off, a look at how it has informed investors. |
Sports Illustrated
January 16, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
One-Shot Deal In Johnny Damon, the A's got what they needed -- for a year, at least... |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2004
Tom Gardner |
Embrace the Unloved Finding investing bargains among the scorned with "Moneyball" author Michael Lewis. |
Job Journal
August 5, 2012
Jack Newcombe |
You've Got to Get to First Base Before you can get hired, you have to convince the employer you're the best candidate, Before that can happen, you have to get an interview. And you're unlikely to get invited to interview without first creating an impressive resume. |
Sports Central
June 27, 2004
Piet Van Leer |
The Beltran Sweepstakes' Unlikely Winner The Astros pull off what is so far the deal of the season, acquiring the Kansas City Royals sensational five-tool centerfielder Carlos Beltran. |
AskMen.com
Simon Kuper |
Soccer Managers The American owners of Liverpool, United and Arsenal know that GMs make sense. They come from a country where GMs run sports clubs. These owners are successful businessmen who prefer their English teams to be run like mini-corporations rather than like nineteenth-century amateur clubs. |
Sports Central
August 18, 2004
Mike Round |
Rolling the Dice in Los Angeles Dealing from a position of strength is the best time to make a trade and that's exactly what the Dodgers did in late July. |
Sports Illustrated
July 10, 2002
Tom Verducci |
It's time to start caring Players need an incentive to attend the All-Star Game. |
Sports Illustrated
July 13, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Crunch time Future of A's organization will be determined now... |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
How To: Get Into Baseball Even though there's a lull in sports right now, there's no need to pout. If you haven't paid much attention to baseball before, here are some tips on how to get into the game. |
