Big Data Baseball
by Travis Sawchik
How the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates ended twenty losing seasons with defensive shifts, pitch framing and a manager who sold analytics to a clubhouse. Change management in cleats.
Read it if…
you want a case study in getting skeptics to adopt data.
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Skip it if…
you want star players.
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Three things you will actually use
- Sell the idea, not the spreadsheet.
- Small edges compound.
- Culture adopts what leaders model.
Do this first
Read the chapters on Clint Hurdle and the shift.
Our verdict
The Pirates' turnaround.
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