Moneyball Mini Project by Frank Cruciata https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx Made by Frankie Cruciata, Tyler Morello, Jack Wahler, Tom Gilbert, and Mike Levine en-us 2022-05-23 14:10:12 UTC 2022-05-24 14:38:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26be.png Identify the major moments/events/ideas in the book so far f_cruciata22 https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195971392 Billy Beane and his scouts begin to scout players to draft. The Athletics had 7 first-round picks, which was the most any team has ever had. Billy and the scouts have different opinions on who they should draft.  The scouts look at strong, powerful players who, on paper, seem like great prospects. However, Billy picks apart the players’ chances, noting that “power hitters,” in spite of their strength, are rarely consistent. Billy then turns to a player named Mark Teahen, a player in college. The scouts state that Teahen’s name was not even close and hasn’t come up once all year. Paul, looking at his computer, pulls up Teahen’s statistics, and finds that Teahen rarely hits home runs, but hits very consistently. Billy approves of Teahen and puts his name on the shortlist.


]]> 2022-05-23 14:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195971392 Identify the characters/people that have played a significant role in the book so far. f_cruciata22 https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195972564 2022-05-23 14:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195972564 Identify and analyze the significance of at least three quotes that have struck you so far. f_cruciata22 https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195978749 "The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.”

I absolutely agree with this quote. And, the context of it was comparing the Oakland Athletics team to powerhouse teams with monster payrolls such as the Yankees or Red Sox. 

"If you challenge conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done." 

This quote was talking about using analytics. Other teams would use the best overall players, but the Athletics would use advanced stats focused on getting the best hitters possible for the cheapest price to be successful. What they did allowed their extremely low payroll to make the playoffs but their lack of defense and pitching really hurt them in the playoffs once they got there. 

“If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages.”

This quote was talking about how the Athletics pitching staff under Billy Beane had many different types of pitchers with crazy release points and styles. Management did this to try and make it as hard as possible for hitters when facing the Athletics pitching staff.]]> 2022-05-23 14:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195978749 Billy Beane jwahler22 https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195982739 Billy Beane was a highly regarded prospect coming out of high school. He was a potential top pick in the MLB draft. Billy’s early success hurt him when he became professional, because he struggled with failure. Billy was a hothead, and not accepting failure affected his mental game. Physically Billy was a specimen, but mentally he was still an amatuer. Billy turned his playing career into a front office role with the A's.]]> 2022-05-23 14:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195982739 Paul tmorello22 https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195986972 Paul is Billy's assistant general manager. He is a Harvard graduate who looks at the analytics of baseball players to determine if they are good players or not. Billy likes Paul because he reminds him of himself. They both don't evaluate baseball players just based off their physique or how fast they are. They look into the advanced stats of the player to really determine if they are good or not.  ]]> 2022-05-23 14:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2195986972 f_cruciata22 https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2197789885 2022-05-24 14:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2197789885 f_cruciata22 https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2197790327 2022-05-24 14:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2197790327 The Mets drafted Billy Beane as their second pick in the first round after Darryl Strawberry as their first. The reason Billy went deep into the first round is because of this possibility of declining a contract. That would lead to a team wasting a pick. The Met’s took the chance by passing on Billy, and in the end it paid off for them. Billy mentioned he didn’t want to go pro right after Highschool, but being in a Major League locker room persuaded him to enter the draft. His experience was poor as a professional, but he used that to build a franchise as a GM. mlevine221 https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2197802690 2022-05-24 14:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/f_cruciata22/mui5402czxq5rqjx/wish/2197802690