Any baseball fan who hasn’t been in a coma for the past ten years has heard of Michael Lewis’ book Moneyball. The book follows Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane. The book is pointed to as the turning point in baseball philosophy when in terms of evaluating players. An emphasis of On Base Percentage over batting average changed the game. It changed how the American League plays baseball, relying prominently on the home run.  Either way, they’re making a movie out of it. Brad Pitt is going to be in the movie as Billy Beane. I’m somewhat excited about the movie, and I’m kind of not. Who wants to see a movie of a bunch of baseball guys sitting around agruing over statistics?

I guess we’ll see how it turns out. Well, I just wanted to use this blog post as a blog before I submit my magnum opus next week. Enjoy finals week.

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