February 10, 2004

Assistant A's GM on Refining the System : From a leadership conference held recently, Oakland A's GM Paul DePodesta talks about how they blew up the legacy way of running a baseball team and how they implemented their current system, which was captured in Michael Lewis' Moneyball. A fascinating read if you are interested in sports, business, process, or innovation.

read story | posted by lew to Baseball at 8:41 PM CDT (2 comments total)

Really cool article lew .... thanks.

Comment icon posted by smithers at 10:17 PM CDT on February 10

Excellent read. I'm a purist and still believe in subjective evaluations such as "clubhouse presence, "chemistry", and "clutch hitter" - but DePodesta makes an awful lot of sense. There is room in baseball for all kinds. Good find lew.

Comment icon posted by vito90 at 3:42 PM CDT on February 11

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