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“Man Boobs” and Moneyball: The origin of a story that goes much further than sabermetrics

Posted on August 28, 2022April 16, 2023 by Andrew Parks

In the early 2000s, Michael Lewis was investigating a theory. In 1999, he published The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story. Born from his experiences working at Salomon Brothers – American multinational bulge bracket investment bank – Lewis detailed the growing entrepreneurial culture just south of San Francisco at the

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Basketball, Coaching, Communication, Decision Making, MLB, Scouting Alex Rodriguez, Bias, Billy Beane, Daryl Morey, Marc Gasol, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, Oakland Athletics, The Undoing Project, Tom Brady Leave a comment

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