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Was I the only one disappointed with the Astroball book?
Posted on 9/5/18 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 9/5/18 at 4:28 pm
The book on Amazon
For those who didn't read it, its Ben Reiter attempting to write a Moneyball book and being generally bad at it. It's got some interesting stuff about how we acquired Keuchel, Altuve, Springer, etc, but beyond that it's about 100 more pages of Reiter writing "They took the big data and then still listened to the scouts" in every combination he could think of.
I really hoped for something better.
For those who didn't read it, its Ben Reiter attempting to write a Moneyball book and being generally bad at it. It's got some interesting stuff about how we acquired Keuchel, Altuve, Springer, etc, but beyond that it's about 100 more pages of Reiter writing "They took the big data and then still listened to the scouts" in every combination he could think of.
I really hoped for something better.
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Posted on 9/5/18 at 4:29 pm to cokebottleag
I’m waiting for the Astro-dynasty-book.
Posted on 9/5/18 at 4:35 pm to cokebottleag
The problem is that it's not too revolutionary of a story. Yeah, they went from worst to first which is interesting, but its mostly because they drafted well. Nothing real groundbreaking. They implemented metrics but nothing to the level Moneyball did
He would have been better just writing another SI article instead of trying to profit off of it. I felt Reiter dulled the story of these Astros by stretching it out
He would have been better just writing another SI article instead of trying to profit off of it. I felt Reiter dulled the story of these Astros by stretching it out
This post was edited on 9/5/18 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 9/5/18 at 4:36 pm to cokebottleag
Where would it rank with Moneyball, The Extra 2%, and Big Data Baseball?
FWIW, I will probably read it anyway as I really enjoy books that chronicle the turn of a franchise from the dark ages to acknowledgement that there is a place for the advanced metrics.
FWIW, I will probably read it anyway as I really enjoy books that chronicle the turn of a franchise from the dark ages to acknowledgement that there is a place for the advanced metrics.
Posted on 9/5/18 at 4:45 pm to ProjectP2294
I would objectively rank them Moneyball, Extra 2%, then probably tie between this and Big Data Baseball. I enjoyed it more than all of them besides Moneyball but I’m an Astros fan
Posted on 9/5/18 at 4:48 pm to cokebottleag
After reading the picture you painted, I probably won't.
Posted on 9/5/18 at 4:49 pm to cokebottleag
I bought Liftoff!: The Tank, the Storm, and the Astros' Improbable Ascent to Baseball Immortality by Brian Smith.
I was really disappointed with it thinking that it would dive into some locker room and front office stuff. Pull back the curtain a bit, so to speak.
Yeah, it was none of that. There was nothing in that book that I didn’t know already and nothing that if I did a deep DAT search, I couldn’t find in those threads.
I was really disappointed with it thinking that it would dive into some locker room and front office stuff. Pull back the curtain a bit, so to speak.
Yeah, it was none of that. There was nothing in that book that I didn’t know already and nothing that if I did a deep DAT search, I couldn’t find in those threads.
Posted on 9/5/18 at 5:03 pm to Prominentwon
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Yeah, it was none of that. There was nothing in that book that I didn’t know already and nothing that if I did a deep DAT search, I couldn’t find in those threads.
Well this isn’t surprising at all. The insiders in the dat have sources throughout the organization. It’s even rumored that list had the ear of ludlow to push him over the top to make the deal for Verlander
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