- Are there any critics of Moneyball out there who have actually, you know, read the book?
- How the hell did his publisher allow the book to be called "Built to Win"? Isn't that just setting it up for all sorts of jokes? Like: Built to Win (in the regular season). Or Built to Win (the NL East).
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Future book review for X
Via yanksfansoxfan, today Murray Chass has a small item on Atlanta GM John Schuerholz's new book, Built to Win. In it, Schuerholz blasts Moneyball, saying "it is a bogus concept because I know you can't make baseball judgments entirely on statistical analysis to build a team." Which of course is ridiculous because no one has ever claimed teams should be built based upon statistical analysis only. I have to say, Schuerholz, whom I've always been impressed by, just went down a couple notches in my mind. Anyway, I have two questions:
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Funny that you should post that as a future book review. I had noted that one along with Game of Shadows, as one to put the list. But the real reason is why it is very funny. I have an EXTREMELY relevant book review to put up (hopefully tonight).
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, in progress, I will be really interested to get Earl's take on the USA game - I wonder if the crowd will start cheering for JPY - Kind of like the Russians cheering for Rocky over Drago. The US team looks fairly pedestrian. Nice to see the Yanks with a pair of GIDPs.
I may end up divorced. My wife sai "I thought baseball didn't start until April."
Holy crap - two great plays by JPY. 3B with a nice play on a grounder and then the SS with an amazing over the shoulder catch. I know, I'm pulling a modern day Scully by not getting these guys names right....
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