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The Problem with Oakland
fangraphs.com - 10/19/2009
The Problem with Oakland
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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 ...
tnr.com - 10/19/2009
Against 'Moneyball'
— tnr.com — 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 ... (more) Against 'Moneyball'

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BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog:  FanGraphs: Anderson: The Problem with Oakland

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FanGraphs: Anderson: The Problem with Oakland
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — FanGraphs: Anderson: The Problem with Oakland Hey Bissinger...the latest nerdfighter-style happydance project is over. You can stop now. 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 Billy Beane’s player evaluation methods have failed him and his organization. Yes, when it comes to amateur talent. ...

Tuesday Rockpile: Has Dan O'Dowd forged MLB's best small market model?
Purple Row — ... To further illustrate this point, I'll point you to Fangraphs, where RJ Anderson writes of the Problem with Oakland.  Quite frankly, the ...

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