J.P. Ricciardi canned
by CStoneNo37 on Oct 3, 2009 11:48 AM EDT
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Story here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091003&content_id=7302990&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
How long before everyone stops kneeling at the holy altar of Moneyball/Billy Beane? The A's have sucked for years and Ricciardi couldn't hack it for the Jays. I guess Theo Epstein has succeeded but he's got billions of dollars to work with.
Even at the time my one thought about Moneyball was, "This all makes sense, but it's ignoring the insane amount of luck that Beane and the A's had in having Zito/Hudson/Mulder all on entry level contracts at the same time. (Even if it's not luck, it doesn't have anything to do with math.)
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That's what you get for fucking with John Gibbons
by yurizanow on Oct 3, 2009 11:56 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
ha!
Awesome.
Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts
by Stacey on Oct 3, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where is the John Gibbons guy?
I want that thread back!
by yurizanow on Oct 3, 2009 3:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He won't be joining us anymore
Jim Palmer: "I said to Nolan, 'Why do you run every ball out like that?' and he said, 'Why wouldn’t you?' "
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