Chaos Theory Sports Michael Hawley and Dylan Hogan

In our second episode, we explore the use of advanced statistics (sabermetrics) in baseball, made popular by Michael Lewis's novel Moneyball, and how they were utilized by the Oakland Athletics to remain competitive despite having a significantly smaller payroll than other teams in the MLB. Tune in for an analysis of general manager Billy Beane's free agent strategy and how he found statistics that were undervalued in the player market. Thank you for listening, hope you enjoy!

Thanks to Baseball Reference, The Sport Journal, Yahoo, FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post for information used in the podcast.



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Thanks again to Andrew Catanese for the intro music!

Welcome to the first episode of Chaos Theory Sports! In this episode, Michael and Dylan take a look at the heist Danny Ainge pulled off in 2013. The Nets traded their future away to acquire aging veterans from the Celtics, and it did not turn out well for them. What would the Eastern Conference look like if this trade never happened? Tune in to find out!



Big thank you to Andrew Catanese for the intro music!