Moneyball Story

3. Scoured the market to find cheap replacements that had been over looked by other teams
5. Following their loss to the Yankees, their 3 stars were free agents
7. Throughout the entire season, Billy disagrees with his manager
8. Billy never watched the games because he thought they would lose if he did
13. They once again face the Yankees in the ALDS
15. Other teams made fun of them for their decisions
16. The A’s go on a historic winning streak
19. Had to find the replacements for them
20. Come trade deadline, Billy finesses trading away players he no longer wants
21. All three left because Billy couldn’t pay them

1. All of the new players they brought in had some sort of defect
2. Trades for a Yale graduate with no baseball experience named Paul DePodesta
4. Billy’s anger encourages him to trade one of his misfits for someone he’s never heard of
6. Drafted with the same strategy
9. They make the playoffs
10. The players they wanted all had something in common, they got on base a lot
11. Together Paul and Billy come up with a new strategy
12. Chad Bradford was having a career year
14. Billy declines a better job in Boston
17. Much to the disapproval of his manager he traded rookie of the year frontrunner Carlos Pena
18. The same result as the year prior occurs