Brad Pitt played the real-life GM of the Oakland A’s Billy Beane and hired Brand to be his analytics guy who suggested hiring ...

Think about the movie “Moneyball,” in which actor Brad Pitt portrays Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team during their 2002 season and their implementation of ...

Billy Bean, former Dodgers outfielder and MLB advocate, has died at 60 after a brave battle with leukemia. He made a significant mark on and off the field. Billy Bean, a former outfielder for the ...

So go ahead, Billy Beane, do it again. Dance, man. Show us your trades. Pardon us while you whip this out -- another hidden gem in the farm system, that is. Billy Beane has his work cut out for ...

We all live in a sea of data, but three very public professions wallow in it: baseball, poker and election predictions.

Red, white and gold lanterns lit up the New York City skyline as a crowd walked a mile down South Street Seaport. Among the ...

One of the interesting things Moneyball points out is Billy Beane's opinion that OBP is three times as important as slugging percentage. Lewis makes a very interesting explanation of this opinion ...

The scenes where Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) clashes with his team of coaches and scouts over how to achieve more with less, how to escape the cycle of mediocrity ...

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While big 3-point baskets are exciting, high-efficiency offense can actually reach a point of diminishing returns in terms of how enjoyable it is to watch.