Talk:Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

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Explain the themes mentioned: insiders vs. outsiders, the democratization of information causing a flattening of hierarchies Write about the new deal with Sony to make a Moneyball movie.

Contents 1 insiders vs. outsiders: 2 democratization of information: 3 uh... 4 opening paragraph

[edit] insiders vs. outsiders:

insiders would be the scouts, and the outsiders would be the statisticians. There is a tension between the two, as the outsiders offer a fresh perspective and the insiders offer experience. The insiders control the rules of the game and naturally have a competitive advantage

[edit] democratization of information:

as access to information is opened up, this levels the playing field for the outsiders. The information that the man at the top of the hierarchy bases his decisions on rarely trickles down to the outsiders at the bottom. Lately, with technology and the internet, more information makes it to the leaves of the hierarchy, threatening to empower the dismantling or usurping of said hierarchy.

[edit] uh...

He wants someone to explain those themes on the article page. Here it does no good. zellin 16:29, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] opening paragraph

Is the central premise of the book about statistics or, as the title says, the art of winning an unfair game (by capitalizing on market inefficiencies). Being a rabid A's fan, I'd say the latter, though Joe Morgan (as well as other announcers) have blown it into a stats-based strategy. The only statistical basis which will continue is that you try to avoid outs - the organization cannot have high OBP/OPS players anymore once they become overvalued, as they have over the past few years; instead, they must turn to something else. (And also, if the central premise is stats, why is it in the Financial section of bookstores?) -- Jjjsixsix ^(talk)/_(contribs) @ 05:40, 3 February 2006 (UTC)