1.The Moneyball approach is looking for valuable players for little money. The approach is more of a science than an art as Beane looked at On-base percentage.
2.(Hits + Walks + Hit by Pitch) / (At Bats + Walks + Hit by Pitch + Sacrifice Flies)
3.Design is a plan for doing or constructing something.
4.In the scene where Beane and the scouts were talking about getting more players, they both were identifying the problem and brainstorming. Beane created the solution by signing new players.
5. Leadership is when somebody leads a group through a problem.
The three aspects of leadership are direction, alignment, and commitment.
6. Billy Beane used direction to get the scouts back on the identifying the problem instead of jumping to brainstorming. Another example is when Beane kept with the moneyball approach when the team was losing. A third example is when Beane was telling Michael Brand how to tell players they've been cut efficently.
7. The A's record at the start of the winning streak was 68-51.
8. The ratio simplfies to a .57 winning percentage.
9. The A's won 20 games in a row.
10.The odds of winning 20 games in a row would be .57 to the twenthy power which equals .000013.
11.I think that the A's got lucky in winning 20 games in a row because it isn't something that happens every day.
12.Billy Beane didn't strictly apply the science of moneyball. He stepped out of the approach when he traded Jeremy Giambi who was a moneyball player.
