Who wants to get really granular with sabermetrics when you're going to see a two-and-a-half-hour Brad Pitt movie? You don't go to the cinema for a maths lesson. Billy Beane bradcinemagranular Change image and share on social
I love what I do. That's one of the reasons I've stayed. I love the community; I love driving to work. Billy Beane communitydrivehave Change image and share on social
When I first came into baseball, people didn't want to hear that a team was a business. But it is. And the better the business is run, the healthier the team on the field is going to be. Billy Beane baseballbusinessfield Change image and share on social
The bottom line is that any business should be a meritocracy. The best and brightest. Period. Billy Beane bottombrightbusiness Change image and share on social
We've got to use every piece of data and piece of information, and hopefully that will help us be accurate with our player evaluation. For us, that's our life blood. Billy Beane accurateblooddatum Change image and share on social
We try to create a situation where we're the casino. It's like how an actuary would set insurance rates. Predictability, predictability, predictability. What's the path to least risk? What's the greater chance of getting some return on this asset? Billy Beane actuaryassetcasino share on social
Why do people care about anything we do? We play in a crappy stadium, in a market that we share with another team, with one of the lowest payrolls in the game. Really, I'm not that interesting. Billy Beane carecrappygame Change image and share on social
I don't want a lot of guys like me who played the game. Quite frankly, I want blank canvases; I want people to come in with new ideas. I don't want the biases of their own experiences to be a part of their decision-making process. Billy Beane biaseblankcanvas share on social
The math works. Over the course of a season, there's some predictability to baseball. When you play 162 games, you eliminate a lot of random outcomes. There's so much data that you can predict: individual players' performances and also the odds that certain strategies will pay off. Billy Beane baseballdatumeliminate share on social
I may not be as visible as I used to be, and by that I mean being in the clubhouse or on the field. But I'm just as invested as I've always been. Billy Beane clubhousefieldhave Change image and share on social
