Apparently this is also featured in Moneyball?
Well, kind of, I guess? (Note: I did not read the article linked because I don't have the mental energy to deal with that bullshit. But I just finished reading Moneyball.) Basically, Billy Beane with the A's was one of the only few managers who looked beyond what a baseball player "should look like" and was roundly mocked for recruiting players that pitched totally bizzarely, or were too tall, or too fat, or basically, not appropriate for being a jeans model.
Nothing about wives and shit, though.
PIG! BWAH, tommyrot!
Now I am compelled to watch Yankovich's "White & Nerdy" vid for the 1000th time...
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The article just notes that the "wife" scheme is exactly the opposite of Moneyball, and is similar to something someone said in Moneyball.
thank you bon bon. I didn't see the movie, so I got hung up on that!
Edwards verdict is "in." The jury seems hung on 5 out of 6 of the charges.
To me, this indicates a profound misunderstanding of either marriage or coaching, or both.
Yes, to me too. Huh. I'm going to survey the coaches in my life about this one.
Boston federal appeals court finds Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
Well duh, I could have decided that for them and saved a bunch of time and money. Also, Woo!
I turned on the TV to catch some news and it is all Edwards Edwards Edwards. And I am without caring. Guess I'll have General Hospital on for background entertainment instead.
I'm going to survey the coaches in my life about this one.
Ha! I was thinking the same thing. At any rate, I'll ask one coach about it, and I fully expect the answer to be "of course you're hot, dear!"
In Moneyball, the old school scouts were talking about how you could tell a lot about a player's confidence by his wife/girlfriend. Billy Beane dismissed that idea as nonsense. He only wanted to look at the stats.
When KCD was in the Navy and up for a security level increase, he was asked about me, mainly about my maidenname. This was in the late 80's, so I can kinda see why they would want to know how I had an Iranian last name and what alegences I had.
Well, I read the Vanderbilt coach thing to DH. He finds no correlation between recruiting HS boys and recruiting spouses. He expects it has to do with scoping out potential monkey business with his assistants' wives. So, eeeewwwww.
When KCD was in the Navy and up for a security level increase
I think that's just the procedure -- with my brother, he had to give all of our names, etc., and someone came to interview us once.
