Ha! Joe Morgan has never read "Moneyball"

by kaweahkaweah on May 6, 2005 7:58 AM PDT Comment 7 comments

We knew it all along, but Joe fesses up in today's ESPN chat! Nevertheless, he proceeds to bash it.

(Hey Joe, I know you probably won't like "Moneyball", but reading a contrary opinion won't kill you. It's not a very big book or a difficult book. If nothing else, you could do a better job of bashing it if you read it first.)

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Big Bill (NJ): Joe, regarding the Red Sox as a Moneyball team issue, they ARE a Moneyball team as they follow Billy Beane's philosophy as discussed in the book. Furthermore, the Yankees are proving this year that they have NOT spent their money efficiently!

SportsNation Joe Morgan: (10:43 AM ET ) So, I guess, when the Yankees won 4/5 World Series, they were a moneyball team b/c they spent wisely. NOW, that they are NOT winning, it's because they are not following the moneyball theory. As for Boston, they weren't a moneyball team and as soon as they won a World Series, it was b/c they followed the moneyball philosophy? I don't get it. Theo Epstein is a very smart guy. He doesn't follow anybody's lead. He didn't win a World Series b/c he followed Billy Bean's philosophy -- he follows his own. Big Bill, since you read a lot of books, you need to read Three Nights In August -- by Buzz Bissinger. Tony LaRussa explains BASEBALL, rather than COMPUTERIZED baseball. That book impressed me. My final comment on moneyball -- I didn't read the book. If you liked Moneyball, then follow that theory. I personally happen to see the game differently.

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here's a topic for ya blez,

get joey and billy to debate baseball on this sire!

The "Free Matt Watson from Sacramento" Committee is now taking new members. Membership is free.

by bigelephant on May 6, 2005 8:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I always wondered what that would be like.

I would pay to see it happen.

by Sharon on May 6, 2005 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Joe Can't Read

Ya never know. :)

by RudiFan on May 6, 2005 8:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe we can all pitch in

and purchase the book on CD for him.

"Put a Milo on him."
-Billy Beane

by kaweahkaweah on May 6, 2005 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I LOVE IT!!

I can feel Joe's anger. One of these days he's going to completely snap and it will be sweet.

by Jennifer on May 6, 2005 8:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Emmy Joe

gets paid big bucks to offer "authoritative commentary" on a subject 1. he doesn't understand and 2. refuses to educate himself about. How can he say anything about the Moneyball philosophy if he hasn't even read the book. It's unbelievable. It's like an art critic commenting on a painting he's never seen, a music critic commenting on a song he's never heard.
CHICKEN WING is an unprofessional PUTZ, who should give back his undeserved Emmys.

by Brian in 317 on May 6, 2005 10:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What an idiot. How can he criticize a philosphy

when he has no knowledge of it. What a moron. He thinks he knows everything there is to know about sabermetrics, but in this response alone he proves his ignorance.

He doesn't even know what moneyball means. He just assumes it has to do with money only whereas in actuality its a program for evaluating market inefficiencies(sp)of talent compared to those money issues, to create a feasible and flexible budget for profit. What a freakin moron.

by robber23 on May 6, 2005 11:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs