Yard Work on Billy Beane

by Dan_Honolulu on Jun 25, 2007 9:35 PM PDT Comment 23 comments

From the article:
"The World Series victory of the 2007 Oakland Athletics in six games over the Atlanta Braves is sure to go down in history as the unlikeliest championship of all time, making last year’s fluke 83-win St. Louis champs look like a sure thing of Calvinistic proportions. It isn’t simply that Beane has assembled a championship team with the lowest payroll of any team playing today; he pulled off the feat with the lowest payroll in recorded history—in the ballpark of negative $7 million—thanks to some creative dealmaking that had several players paying the team out of their own pockets for roster spots."

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Michael Lewis

the author of Moneyball wrote that?

it's fantastic. Especially Beane's pet, "Catteberg."

Other kids may be sayin' hi-ho, but The Gooch just says yo.

by whobob on Jun 26, 2007 1:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

where's the link?

by santaclaraave on Jun 26, 2007 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm going to guess

that it's not really Michael Lewis writing that. It was pretty good though.

by Apricot on Jun 26, 2007 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, and I'm guessing Billy's a dogs* guy.

*not meant in a tabitha kind of way.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jun 26, 2007 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh i see...it's in the 'Heh'

by santaclaraave on Jun 26, 2007 7:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Suddenly popular GIS query:

"Tabitha Soren" (you're on your own for any further search terms)

Yes, it IS probably pretty good to be Michael Lewis.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jun 26, 2007 7:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

As opposed to being The Loneliest Monk

(please tell me you've heard of that)

Don't worry, it's only a safety problem.

by Poppy on Jun 26, 2007 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does it have something to do with ...

... a Bill Clinton sax act?

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jun 26, 2007 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

One of AN's shining moments.

http://athleticsnation.com/comments/...

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Jun 26, 2007 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Funny that nothing in that thread actually

explains the joke... ;)

Don't worry, it's only a safety problem.

by Poppy on Jun 26, 2007 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I put a wiki link in there.

Should be good enough.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Jun 26, 2007 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Except that it isn't.

Don't worry, it's only a safety problem.

by Poppy on Jun 26, 2007 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay Poppy, howsabout this from the El Lay Times:

Tabitha Soren

Joining the tireless Kurt Loder as the second face of MTV News, Soren performed her duties with a healthy sense of red-haired gravitas. However, she may be best known for her 1992 interview with Bill Clinton where she asked the candidate on a "Choose or Lose" special, "Who's your favorite musician?" When Clinton replied, "Thelonious Monk," Soren responded, "Who's the loneliest monk?" Since her time on MTV, Soren has dropped out of the public eye, free to ponder such Zen-like questions.

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I will say I'm just as glad the cameras weren't following my every move in 1992 (or now, either, he said, scratching where it itches).

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jun 26, 2007 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, you're no fun.

Don't worry, it's only a safety problem.

by Poppy on Jun 26, 2007 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aye Lass, how's THIS for a fun scratcher?

May not be quite SFW--turn down sound first.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jun 26, 2007 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

snerk

Shouldn't that have gone with the sporran story from yesterday?

Don't worry, it's only a safety problem.

by Poppy on Jun 26, 2007 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Lad, Aye dunno whaer ye bin ...

... but Aye see y'uv won faerst proize!"

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jun 26, 2007 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

milfs are undervalued

omg naked photo of tabitha soren here!

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Jun 26, 2007 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs