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Originally Posted by Parallex
I also call bull##### on him reading it. He obviously lied and didn't actually read it given his responses...
"Moneyball is all about working the pitch count, not about entertainment."
Not true, Moneyball is about finding and exploiting market inefficiencies.
"Who wants to see guys foul off balls?"
Answer: Fans of the batting team if the alternative is striking out. He completely missed that point, the value of fouling isn't in the act of fouling a pitch it's in not making an out. The more borderline pitches you can foul the less likely it is that you'll strike out eventually leading to a ball in play or a walk and another batter with a clean count. Drawn out battles at the plate are entertaining. Want to know what's not entertaining?... watching JP Arencibia strikeout at a ball in the dirt.
"He wants to see stolen bases and home runs."
Moneyball wants to see those too... if he'd actually read the book he'd have known that Moneyball loves homeruns and extra-base hits. It loves stolen bases too (just not as much as it hates being caught stealing)
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True, however I think Burke is right in saying that using a similiar strategy or system in hockey is a completely different ball game (parden the pun). There are no full count, two out, bases loaded scenario's in hockey.