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Originally Posted by Arsenal14
And once again Burke misunderstands what Moneyball was about. It was about figuring out what skills the market was undervaluing and exploiting them. At that time in baseball it was on-base percentage/walks/taking pitches. If home run hitting and stolen bases were undervalued Moneyball would say that you should go after that instead.
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Logically though, homeruns and stolen bases will never be undervalued because they are both exciting and traditional. The things that end up being undervalued are underlying ticky tack things like taking pitches. I'm not saying it's bad to have that, but I am sure glad our gm, or whatever he is, isn't basing his whole philosophy around that. I am also thrilled that he likes obnoxious and entertaining hockey. Sounds great actually.