With Moneyball (starring Brad Pitt) opening this weekend, sports fans everywhere seem to be debating its content, from the idolization of Billy Beane to questions about the "success" story of the sabermetric A's.
Awhile back, I voiced my opinion about this very topic.
Back then, I don't even think I mentioned the fact that Jason Giambi and Miguel Tejada were highly-likely steroid users.
Billy Beane deserves credit for revolutionizing player evaluation, but his "success" was merely a result of six players: Giambi, Tejada, Eric Chavez, Mark Mulder, Tim Hudson and Barry Zito.
Not Scott Hatteberg...
Although the movie would like us to think that.
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