Case Analysis: Billy Beane

In the end, actions taken by Manager Billy Beane in the beginning did not promise the team good results, as no one before in American League baseball didn't rebuild the team on the basis of statistical data. However, believing in its strategy the Oakland athletics have done the impossible, winning 20 games in a row. The fact that in the end the team has not reached the playoffs: definitely have questioned the strategy selected Billy Beane however, using statistics, the Oakland athletics spent per game 4 times less than the richest team in the League. In 2002, the team led by coach got into the venture has brought them fame, though not winning a game in the championship. This incident in American baseball proved that despite all the calculations and precise statistics, cheat the sport was not possible, and this fact did not allow to leave the Oakland athletics in the championship final.