Genius of Beane, "Moneyball" A’s: Awareness over Ingenuity

There is a common perception out there that Moneyball—the book about the Oakland Athletics written by Michael Lewis and soon to be released as a major motion picture—is mostly about a team racking up players with high on-base and slugging percentages. 

In a sense this is true. 

The story was mostly about the A's contending against richer teams by acquiring undervalued players and using statistics to determine which players possessed undervalued skills, and getting on base and slugging were indeed undervalued in the baseball player market.  

It has become more difficult for the A's to contend because more teams and richer teams have since caught on. Almost every team now approp...

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