Baseball

Peter Brand: It's about getting things down to one number. Using the stats the way we read them, we'll find value in players that no one else can see. People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cut straight through that. Billy, of the 20,000 notable players for us to consider, I believe that there is a championship team of twenty-five people that we can afford, because everyone else in baseball undervalues them.

Billy Beane: Where you from, Pete?

Peter Brand: Maryland.

Billy Beane: Where'd you go to school?

Peter Brand: Yale. I went to Yale.

Billy Beane: What'd you study?

Peter Brand: Economics. I studied economics.

Billy Beane: Yale, economics, and baseball. You're funny, Pete.