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So he'll try another method: what Lewis called "moneyball."

TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

Thanks to the book written by Michael Lewis, Beane's iconoclastic approach to valuing players is now referred to as "moneyball metrics."

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That's similar to the reasoning for Oakland's "moneyball" and GMU's basketball success.

Where have you gone Connie Mack? 2008

As someone else said, talking about these kinds of "moneyball" systems is a sure-fire way to get in the trades, which he'll need to market the films.

Producer Ryan Kavanaugh Brings Moneyball Tactics to Filmmaking | /Film 2009

One day Kavanagh will lose his "moneyball" skills and start producing a string of failures.

Producer Ryan Kavanaugh Brings Moneyball Tactics to Filmmaking | /Film 2009

He has no "moneyball" secrets, just another rich kid looking to make some $$$ by pouring out garbage movies. matthewwells

Producer Ryan Kavanaugh Brings Moneyball Tactics to Filmmaking | /Film 2009

I wonder what would happen if an economics department chairperson decided to play "moneyball," trying to maximize some objective measure of quality of research within a tight budget constraint.

True Scarcity?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

For all the obsession with value for money, for stats-driven "moneyball" economics, football is about flesh and blood, about players sparking off charismatic managers.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Not long after Billy Beane built a playoff roster with bargain-basement types who were proficient at coaxing walks, others followed Oakland's "moneyball" cue.

The News Tribune Blogs newstips@thenewstribune.com (JOHN MCGRATH; STAFF W 2010

Before "run prevention" became baseball's trendiest term since "moneyball," before statisticians crunched numbers to help quantify performances that had never been accurately quantified, before the Mariners (no world championships since their 1977 debut) embraced a concept that would be emulated by the Red Sox (two world championships since 2004), the late Casey Stengel cut to the chase.

The News Tribune Blogs newstips@thenewstribune.com (JOHN MCGRATH; STAFF W 2010