Re:The Ultimate Failure of Moneyball
by mechanical_fish on Friday October 23, 2009 @03:03PM
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Yes, it seems to me that the lesson of this article is that the author still does not understand statistics, even though he has read a famous book-length Michael Lewis treatise on the subject.
Sabermetrics isn't clairvoyance. No matter how good your data, you still have to play the game.
Meanwhile, while we're playing the anecdotal-data game, those of us in Boston are pretty happy with Billy Beane and company's predictions about Kevin Youkilis.
Re:The Ultimate Failure of Moneyball
by jfager on Friday October 23, 2009 @03:27PM
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Bissinger's a really good sportswriter when he's focused on his subject in his own voice, but he's definitely a jock, and he's got a history of being a jackass to other writers:
Sabermetrics isn't clairvoyance. No matter how good your data, you still have to play the game.
Meanwhile, while we're playing the anecdotal-data game, those of us in Boston are pretty happy with Billy Beane and company's predictions about Kevin Youkilis.