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jghn 5 days ago

This was the issue with the common meme of "moneyball". It was never about optimizing the specific stats the A's originally used. The whole point was to zig when everyone else was zagging to save money.

lubujackson 5 days ago | parent [-]

A better example of this is Bill Belichick. He drafted multiple TEs when nobody valued the position, paid for top special teamers, like gunners (for pennies), switched to. 3-4 defense when every other team was 4-3, then back again when team copied him.