Archive for October, 2011

Databall

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Sheila O'Connell

In 2002, Theo Epstein was hired by the Boston Red Sox and began using statistics to develop more meaningful metrics for evaluating baseball players. Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics, was doing the same thing in California. The next year, Michael Lewis published his bestselling book "Moneyball", ... — Read More