Las Vegas A's

[navamind]

A's starting pitchers have yet to record a win.

 

[Cedrique]

A's starting pitchers have yet to record a win.

Where's Dave Stewart when you need him

 

[wazzu31]

But But Moneyball

The biggest scam in sports history is Moneyball.

 

[navamind]

The biggest scam in sports history is Moneyball.

stick to PF

 

[wazzu31]

stick to PF

How is that remotely PF?

 

[JimBob]

It looks like they've taken a big step...

Oakland Athletics purchase land for new stadium in Las Vegas

The Oakland Athletics have begun the process of moving to Las Vegas and previous plans to remain in Northern California have now fallen through.

www.sportsnet.ca

They will probably be better off in Vegas. Vegas has become Oakland East now with the Raiders and A’s both there

 

[steveringo]

New location - on the strip!

At the Tropicana Casino?

Athletics reach formal new stadium agreement at second Las Vegas site

Bally's Corporation on Monday announced, in conjunction with Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., that they have reached a "binding agreement" with the Athletics to build Oakland's new ballpark on The Strip in Las Vegas.

www.yahoo.com

 

[MilkSpiller22]

The biggest scam in sports history is Moneyball.

just wondering what is your thoughts on Batting average vs on base percentage??

 

[wazzu31]

just wondering what is your thoughts on Batting average vs on base percentage??

Like which one I want higher? What I want is runs which is the one thing Moneyball hates.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Like which one I want higher? What I want is runs which is the one thing Moneyball hates.

its nice that you know what moneyball is....

 

[navamind]

Like which one I want higher? What I want is runs which is the one thing Moneyball hates.

Jesus christ you're fucking clueless. Which is why I said to "stick to PF."

Moneyball was about using different methods of evaluating players, and one of the things the A's valued highly at the time was OBP... which has a higher correlation with scoring runs than batting average. And it wasn't long after Moneyball that other teams started to put a bigger emphasis on the things the A's valued highly and they were forced to start looking elsewhere.

 

[Cedrique]

Jesus christ you're fucking clueless. Which is why I said to "stick to PF."

Moneyball was about using different methods of evaluating players, and one of the things the A's valued highly at the time was OBP... which has a higher correlation with scoring runs than batting average. And it wasn't long after Moneyball that other teams started to put a bigger emphasis on the things the A's valued highly and they were forced to start looking elsewhere.

in his defense, it's easy to get distracted by the pure charisma of Brad Pitt

 

[navamind]

in his defense, it's easy to get distracted by the pure charisma of Brad Pitt

He never should have let Jonah Hill go to the Dodgers.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Jesus christ you're fucking clueless. Which is why I said to "stick to PF."

Moneyball was about using different methods of evaluating players, and one of the things the A's valued highly at the time was OBP... which has a higher correlation with scoring runs than batting average. And it wasn't long after Moneyball that other teams started to put a bigger emphasis on the things the A's valued highly and they were forced to start looking elsewhere.

Moneyball was basically sabremetrics before sabremetrics. And they probably used sabremetrics to prove moneyball correct.

 

[navamind]

Moneyball was basically sabremetrics before sabremetrics. And they probably used sabremetrics to prove moneyball correct.

even OBP goes all the way back to Branch Rickey, though it didn't become an official MLB statistic until 1984. Moneyball just helped it become more mainstream and now you'll see it on the scoreboard at the vast majority of stadiums.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

even OBP goes all the way back to Branch Rickey, though it didn't become an official MLB statistic until 1984. Moneyball just helped it become more mainstream and now you'll see it on the scoreboard at the vast majority of stadiums.

That we now have data not just on basic ecofacts like OBP, but the under the hood stuff that goes into BA like the quality of the contact, angle, pitch, etc and we still have people hating "analytics" is just people telling on their anti-intellectual selves.

 

[navamind]

Run differential now sits at -177.

It's May 23rd. I wonder if they'll make it to -300 by the All-Star break.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Run differential now sits at -177.

It's May 23rd. I wonder if they'll make it to -300 by the All-Star break.

my bet is yes.... they are that bad... worst team in baseball history, and it aint close... scary part is that they will only get worse...

Brent rooker, and others will be traded...

 

[steveringo]

The more I reflect on this move, the more I love it...

Having a ballpark on the strip is mind blowing... I'm already looking forward to flying out to see the Sox...

The A's can 'simply' move their AAA team from Vegas to Oakland - and keep the name and uniforms...

I'd love to see the Vegas A's use a green, gold & black color scheme...

 

[msgkings322]

The more I reflect on this move, the more I love it...

Having a ballpark on the strip is mind blowing... I'm already looking forward to flying out to see the Sox...

The A's can 'simply' move their AAA team from Vegas to Oakland - and keep the name and uniforms...

I'd love to see the Vegas A's use a green, gold & black color scheme...

Clearly the team in Oakland now IS their AAA team