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In response to "thats right Billy Beane, championships are for other people! -- nm" by crash davis

shines his AL West Championships in front of Mariners fan (nm)

Posted by Billy Beane (aka musubi) Nov 14 '08, 15:13

yeah all that winning on a shoestring budget must suck

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- I didn't realise MLB didn't exist pre-2004. - musubi Nov 14, 15:22 7
  - "what Beane did, it's how he does it." - huh? if he effs up, it is about what he did -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 15:23 6
    - This is like looking at Babe Ruth and saying, "He sucks, he made outs *more than half* the time he went to the plate." (nm) - musubi Nov 14, 15:25 5
      - he had a run but when he got rid of all the non-Moneyball personnel, his team didn't do as well - crash davis Nov 14, 15:28 4
        
        Well, the 2 main 'stars' from the MoneyBall draft were the guys everyone wanted (Swisher and Blanton) - Will Hunting Nov 14, 15:30 3
        
        Just because it was the subject of the book, doesn't mean that's what the org was all about. - musubi Nov 14, 15:33 2
        
        It's the draft that convinced everyone he's special. I think it's useful to look at what those chosen guys did. - Will Hunting Nov 14, 15:44
        
        Miniball! -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 14, 15:44
yeah, we got some of those as well - and the same amount of world series rings -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 15:14 5
- The Mariners payroll was like 5 billion times the A's. - musubi Nov 14, 15:16 4
  - he was self limiting, touting him as a god is silly - and the Mariners used to be cheap until their prospects became potential hall of famers - crash davis Nov 14, 15:19 3
    - Pft. Never touted him as a good, just one of the best GMs in the game. - musubi Nov 14, 15:23 2
      - one of the best, I'll grant that - but the best, I'm not buying it -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 15:25 1
        
        *shrug* GM is so amorphous, there's no way one could ever pick one "best". - musubi Nov 14, 15:27

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