Ha! Joe Morgan has never read "Moneyball"

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.