Clearly you didn't get the premise of the book if you actually read it.
Beane's paradigm into how to run a baseball team is genius. The A's made the playoffs five times between 2000 and 2006. ALL WHILE HAVING A PAYROLL OF ROUGHLY 1/5 THE YANKEES PAYROLL!!!!!!
Read the fucking book and pay attention to it and you might understand why he is one of the best GM's in the game. This isn't Hockey, Football, or Basketball. There is no payroll except what your owner dictates you can spend. The Yankees are willing to spend $200+ million on their team. A's ownership is only willing to spend $40 million or so. So Bean has 1/5 the room to work with as Brian Cashman does. But he was STILL able to make the playoffs.
Once you get to the playoffs it's just a matter of getting hot, getting breaks, making plays. It's a much smaller sample size than the regular season. Basically anything can happen in the playoffs.
The book is great. It's not just about Baseball though. It's about finding more effective ways of operating in an industry. It's also about thinking outside of the box and becoming efficient. Baseball just gives the setting.
Clearly you didn't get the premise of the book if you actually read it.
Beane's paradigm into how to run a baseball team is genius. The A's made the playoffs five times between 2000 and 2006. ALL WHILE HAVING A PAYROLL OF ROUGHLY 1/5 THE YANKEES PAYROLL!!!!!!
Read the fucking book and pay attention to it and you might understand why he is one of the best GM's in the game. This isn't Hockey, Football, or Basketball. There is no payroll except what your owner dictates you can spend. The Yankees are willing to spend $200+ million on their team. A's ownership is only willing to spend $40 million or so. So Bean has 1/5 the room to work with as Brian Cashman does. But he was STILL able to make the playoffs.
Once you get to the playoffs it's just a matter of getting hot, getting breaks, making plays. It's a much smaller sample size than the regular season. Basically anything can happen in the playoffs.
The point is Beane put his organization in a spot to be successful considering the payroll the owner allows him to use.
It's about efficiency. He gets more wins per dollar spent on payroll than just about any GM. He is not overated. Read the book and it just might open your eyes.
I learned my lesson in the book vs. movie argument when "Friday Night Lights" come on the big screen.
That movie strayed so far from the truth it was rediculous. I understand movies leaving some things out due to time constraints. But to just blantently change major scenes, settings, and character personalities is just wrong.
I enjoy movies but I take them with a grain of salt these days.
I learned my lesson in the book vs. movie argument when "Friday Night Lights" come on the big screen.
That movie strayed so far from the truth it was rediculous. I understand movies leaving some things out due to time constraints. But to just blantently change major scenes, settings, and character personalities is just wrong.
I enjoy movies but I take them with a grain of salt these days.
I'm only 29. I honestly didn't really start reading books that became movies until a few years ago. Call me behind the curve if you will, but it is what it is.
Believe me, I don't think any Dan Brown book should EVER have been made into a movie. People are just asking for disasters with those.
Read the book. This book really does translate to more than just baseball. It's really more about thinking outside of the box. It could be applied to a lot of aspects of life.
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