Moneyball: How to find value where no one else is looking (Michael Lewis)
Dec 20, 2025 ·
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How did the Oakland A's, one of the poorest teams in baseball, manage to break record after record while competing against the unlimited budgets of the Yankees and Red Sox?...
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How did the Oakland A's, one of the poorest teams in baseball, manage to break record after record while competing against the unlimited budgets of the Yankees and Red Sox? The answer wasn't luck; it was a ruthless exploitation of market inefficiency.In today's 5-minute briefing on Michael Lewis's business classic "Moneyball," we explore how General Manager Billy Beane used data to expose the ignorance of the experts.
Discover why the metrics everyone else valued (like batting average and "good looks") were worthless, and how finding the one metric that actually mattered changed sports forever.
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Discover why the metrics everyone else valued (like batting average and "good looks") were worthless, and how finding the one metric that actually mattered changed sports forever.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/momentum-your-daily-edge-in-leadership--6706012/support.
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