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Originally posted by Plutoro
He used to be more moderate with his scheme but after his past REGULAR season success he just acts like he is the greatest thing to baseball since they decided to go to 4 balls and 3 strikes.
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You'd think by your caps that you mean to praise the A's management, but in fact I believe you mean to diss them.
Playoff success is, to use your caps, OVERRATED. Beane has assembled the prototypical postseason starting staff, lacking only in veteran presence and demonstrated clutch ability. He has cultivated rosters with players who reach base amply. I suppose the bargain-basement approach to bullpens, widely heralded by the SABR set, is the one area in which it is still almost impossible to convince a traditionalist that the A's aren't falling short.
From the reviews that I have read, since I haven't gotten the book yet, it sounds like Beane does cop an attitude. But suppose you were a computer programmer and surrounded by colleagues who insisted that the slide rule and keypunch machine were far superior to your "personal compuwhatzis." You'd also be pretty smug.