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Billy Beane
American
Athlete
Born:
Mar 29
,
1962
Business
Field
Game
People
Will
You
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I've always been intellectually restless, but it is the building part of it that most interests me. It is the constructing of the team that is my favorite part. Anyone who is familiar with the history of the A's franchise, even dating back to Philadelphia, knows that every five or 10 years, you have to tear it apart and rebuild it.
Billy Beane
Me
History
You
Building
Rebuild
Every
Back
Franchise
Favorite
Favorite Part
Restless
Constructing
Dating
Part
Most
Knows
Always
Been
Years
Intellectually
Familiar
Five
The History Of
Anyone
Apart
Interests
Team
Who
Even
Tear
Philadelphia
The math works. Over the course of a season, there's some predictability to baseball. When you play 162 games, you eliminate a lot of random outcomes. There's so much data that you can predict: individual players' performances and also the odds that certain strategies will pay off.
Billy Beane
You
Random
Will
Odds
Predict
Pay
Outcomes
Some
Data
Individual
Performance
Over
Also
Course
Math
Lot
Off
Predictability
Much
Certain
Games
Works
Strategies
Baseball
Season
Play
Eliminate
Players
We try to create a situation where we're the casino. It's like how an actuary would set insurance rates. Predictability, predictability, predictability. What's the path to least risk? What's the greater chance of getting some return on this asset?
Billy Beane
Casino
Try
Path
Situation
Would
Some
Rates
Risk
Like
Return
Greater
Insurance
How
Least
Getting
Where
Predictability
Create
Asset
Chance
Set
I love what I do. That's one of the reasons I've stayed. I love the community; I love driving to work.
Billy Beane
Work
Love
Community
Stayed
Driving
Reasons
Who wants to get really granular with sabermetrics when you're going to see a two-and-a-half-hour Brad Pitt movie? You don't go to the cinema for a maths lesson.
Billy Beane
You
Cinema
Lesson
See
Go
Brad
Brad Pitt
Maths
Get
Going
Pitt
Movie
Wants
Really
Who
I just talked to a young lady, a freshman at Santa Barbara. She's taking a course, and Moneyball's one of the required readings. This young lady could dream of one day becoming a general manager.
Billy Beane
Day
Young
One Day
Dream
General
General Manager
Could
Taking
She
Talked
Course
Readings
Becoming
Freshman
Manager
Just
Lady
Young Lady
Barbara
Required
Santa
I hate this idea that I've somehow become detached. It's like I can't win. I'd been hearing all these years that I was too hands-on: that I was the guy writing out the lineup card. Now, I'm not present enough. How is it possible to be a detached micromanager?
Billy Beane
Hate
Writing
Win
Become
Too
Enough
Out
Possible
Detached
Somehow
Guy
Idea
Like
How
Been
Years
Hearing
Lineup
Hands-On
Now
Card
Present
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