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Against 'Moneyball'
Whatever happens in the National League and American League Championship series unfolding over the next week or so, one outcome has already been decided--the effective end of the theories of Moneyball as a viable way to build a playoff-caliber baseball team when you don't have the money. That ...
The Problem with Oakland
The Problem with Oakland
fangraphs.com — With large market teams represented fourfold in the league championship series, some have seen fit to reminiscence... and kick dirt on the dead horse known as Moneyball. A tired topic, to be sure, it is one that deserves more attention to detail and ... (more) The Problem with Oakland
The Forgotten Man Of  Moneyball , Part 2 [Moneyball]
The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball , Part 2 [Moneyball]
deadspin.com — Read Part 1 here . Modern analysis has shown a whole treasure chest of interesting and often... useful performance metrics, but it remains so that the bedrock principle of classic analysis is simple: out-making controls scoring. What I call "classic" ... (more) The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball , Part 2 [Moneyball]
Phillies Have the Look of a Champion
athleticsnation.com — Before the League Championship Series' got underway, I posed a simple question: "Who do you like?" which I ultimately... changed to "Who do you hate less?" By process of elimination, the Philadelphia Phillies were an easy pick, at ... (more) Phillies Have the Look of a Champion
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The Problem with Oakland
FanGraphs Baseball — ... With large market teams represented fourfold in the league championship series, some have seen fit to reminiscence and kick dirt on the dead horse known as Moneyball. A tired topic, to be sure, it is one that deserves more attention to detail and logic than offered elsewhere. The question that must be answered is whether ...

Buzz Bissinger says Moneyball is dead
It's Just Sports — ... that had him so angry in the first place. Seems somebody suddenly realized who his audience is. But now, he's written a scathing "Death of ...

Buzz blogs Moneyball
THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball — Here’s Buzz. Glove slap Neyer.

Buzz Bissinger Beats the Other Moneyball Drum
The Big Lead — ... by the teams still in it–the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Angels, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Moneyball? You bet it’s Moneyball, true Moneyball, like it always has been in baseball and always will be.” Couldn’t help but laughing at this line: “The sabermetricians, unloved and unwanted for so long, scorned by the baseball men brotherhood for their nerdy obsessions, fell to their knees like attendees at a revival.” [TNR] ...

Bissinger Continues His Moneyball Trolling [Buzz Bissinger]
Deadspin — ... , shit-pissing author of Three Nights as Tony La Russa's Sock Puppet, is back on his battered old Moneyball hobbyhorse, firing off angry fallacies left and right. [TNR, of all places] ...

Buzz Words
crashburnalley.com — ... — is back to get really angry at Billy Beane and Michael Lewis and Moneyball. I’m a bit late, as the article was posted a few days ago, but I’d like to refute it nonetheless, ...

Game Notes: Celtics at Knicks
SLAM Online — ... -Before heading to MSG, decided to catch up on my reading. Happened to find one of the best articles I’ve seen in a minute. Buzz Bissinger—author of the Lebron’s new book—breaks down the fallacy that is “Moneyball.” If you have even a minor interest in baseball, it’s worth a read. ...

Things to Read: 10/21 + a new column from Dubs
Tremendous Upside Potential — ... don't forget about my Mariotti takedown below. Sports Guy: Simmons and Klosterman podcasts are always a must listen. Page 2: An excerpt from Klosterman's new book. MLB Trade Rumors: White Sox offseason outlook. i94Sports: Week 6 NFL Power Rankings. The Baseline: Shoals dishes out his NBA predictions. Blog-a-Bull: Matt gets the Tyrus Thomas bitching started a bit early this year. The New Republic: Buzz Bissinger takes on "Moneyball". You probably don't want to read ...

I Now Feel Sympathy for the People of Odessa, Texas
Braves & Birds - The Atlanta Sports Blog — ... . Maybe TNR was scratching its noted itch to print pieces that go against conventional wisdom. Otherwise, I'm at a loss to otherwise explain how they ran this screed by Buzz Bissinger attacking Moneyball years after its publication. Bissinger is allegedly a baseball fan, so I'm inclined to believe that he's being willfully misleading when he makes his case. ...

Reactionary idiot writes something reactionary.
Driveline MechanicsReactionary idiot writes something reactionary. I expect DF to prepare a full breakdown.

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