Sabermetrics

Blogs
April 17, 2012
3hree Things: Must-Haves For Unapologetic Baseball Geeks
Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.If you're a baseball superfan like me, your GeekMeter™ has probably been in the red since Spri ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Mike Gillespie, UC Irvine Baseball Coach, Must Settle for Wins on Field, Not at Oscars
Ian Massey has a funny piece in UC Irvine's New University student newspaper about the ultimate Oscar "snub": the nomination denied a certain Moneyball supporting actor.He would be Mike Gillespie, the head coach of the Anteaters baseball team.
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Billy Bean, Pride of Santa Ana High and "Out" Major Leaguer, Rolls With Moneyball Billy Beane Confusion
If you were a Hollywood studio chief, wouldn't you greenlight a movie based on the only major leaguer alive to acknowledge he's gay over one about a general manager who used sabermetric principles to bring undervalued ballplayers to his small-market team that went on to collect wins but no penna ... More >>
Film
September 22, 2011
'Moneyball' Is a Field of Statistically Knowable Dreams
The formulas work in movie version of Michael Lewis' book

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