Sentences with phrase «of sabermetrics»

And firms, particularly in recent years following the popular success of Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game, Michael Lewis's book on the use of sabermetrics in US Major League baseball, have tracked how successful (or otherwise) their graduate recruitment policies and practices have been in hiring the best performing associates and, indeed, future partners.

Baseball fans know that Bill James is the godfather of sabermetrics in baseball.

Thanks to the A's success, ALL teams now utilize some form of sabermetrics combined with old fashioned scouting.

In 2002, he developed a player evaluating system called PECOTA, which popularized the use of sabermetrics and advanced scouting in baseball (think Moneyball).

And I will say this about Morris: I don't vote for him, but the level of discourse against him, by certain segments of the sabermetric community right now, is over the top.

Here's a question for Ken Rosenthal (who I like, and who generally does great work)... How, exactly, should certain segments of the sabermetric community best present their case that Jack Morris was not, for example, as good as Bert Blyleven or Curt Schilling?

Not exact matches

The fact that Silver came from the world of baseball sabermetrics — where people like Moneyball star Billy Beane were ignoring conventional wisdom in favour of hard stats — only increased his credibility.

He credits sabermetrics with giving him a better understanding of his players» strengths and weaknesses, helping him construct smarter lineups and make better - informed substitutions late in games.

Aldama is cofounder and vice president of the Independent Group for Baseball Investigation (GIIB), Cuba's first official sabermetric organization.

They created statistics such as gERA, a measure of pitching effectiveness that they believe improves on the sabermetric mainstay FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) by taking into account different kinds of contact.

SABERMETRICS — THE ADVANCED, computerized and occasionally counterintuitive analysis of baseball statistics — is beginning to take hold in Cuba.

They talk about sabermetrics in the context of classic economists: «Marx's economic theories are basically sabermetrics,» says Aldama.

Indeed, as an adaptation of Michael Lewis» non-fiction best seller of the same name, it's also literally about a winning formula, or more accurately, the various statistical formulas collectively known as sabermetrics, a system designed to maximize budgetary efficiency in assembling productive professional baseball franchises.

Hitting theaters is an adaptation of Michael Lewis» non-fiction book Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt as manager Billy Beane of the Oakland A's baseball team, trying to reinvent the way baseball is played using sabermetrics.

While the more serious - minded «Moneyball» focused on the true story of how sabermetrics changed the way baseball teams assess players, the fictional «Draft Day» ultimately is about the way in which character can prevail over combine figures during one of the biggest events on the National Football League's calendar.

So, on the advice of his nerdy, young assistant, Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), an Ivy - educated economist he'd hired away from the Cleveland Indians, Beane began to employ a state - of - the - art system of computer analysis known as Sabermetrics.

Director Bennett Miller has already proven that he has the uncanny ability to spin exquisite, immersive, intelligent stories from material that on paper might not seem so appealing — we'll still never quite get to the bottom of why «Moneyball,» a film about baseball sabermetrics should be so rich and engaging.

Supporting actors include: Chris Pratt («Parks & Recreation») as Scott Hatteberg, poster child for sabermetrics; Robin Wright as Beane's ex-wife; and fantastic writer / director Spike Jonze (came0) as Wright's zenned - out new husband and the polar opposite of Beane.

It also gets a lot of play in the sabermetric baseball community.

Sabermetrics revolutionized baseball by debunking a lot of conventional wisdom.

Juicy Excerpt: Valuation - Informed Indexing is the Sabermetrics of investing analysis.

They may have some information, based on observation and one or two spreadsheets about their own store's performance; but when it comes to what other stores are doing, what is new in the marketplace, and trends from quarter to quarter or year to year, they are operating without the equivalent of baseball's sabermetrics.

Just like the sabermetrics described in Moneyball, Lex Machina's database can aid in the formulation of broad strategy as well as the selection of players, says Becker.