A "Moneyball" statician predicted Jeremy Lin's success 2 years ago

Re:A "Moneyball" statician predicted Jeremy Lin's success 2 ... by tatsuke95 on Saturday February 11, 2012 @04:42PM (#3580263)

How good are they? You could try watching the movie,or better yet, read the book. They did well.

Unfortunately for the As (and fortunately for those of us who embrace the statistical analysis of sports) other teams caught up and surpassed their approach. But it's still going on. In every sport. And there is much evidence that it works.

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Re:A "Moneyball" statician predicted Jeremy Lin's success 2 ... by toddh on Saturday February 11, 2012 @08:34PM (#3580775)

They did well, but they didn't win, and they haven't won. And winning is the point after all.

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Re:A "Moneyball" statician predicted Jeremy Lin's success 2 ... by jrockway on Sunday February 12, 2012 @01:59AM (#3581302)

But they spent a lot less money to play pretty well, whereas other teams spent a ton of money to play about the same. Only one team can be the best, but many can be very good.

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