Moneyball Summary
When the Mets drafted Beane along with Strawberry, they believed that Beane was more ready to play, so they put him with the high level rookie team and Strawberry to the lower ranked leagues. In my opinion, I think every high school player should work their way up. Billy Beane was not used to failure, and never endured this in his career, and they were setting him up for it. Billy Beane determination of becoming a major leaguer star was to a point of half; he really wanted to go college first and play football, and in the other mind is to play baseball professionally. Even his teammates and managers started to notice it, and Beane didn’t argue but knew it too.
"Relief pitchers used to come down from the bullpen to watch Billy hit, just to see what he did when he struck out." He busted so many bats against so many walls that his teammates lost count. One time he destroyed the dugout toilet; another time, in a Triple-A game in Tacoma, he went after a fan in the stands, and proved, to everyone's satisfaction, that fans, no matter what challenges they hollered from the safety of their seats, were better off not getting into fistfights with ballplayers.
Billy Beane’s downfall is that he could not simply hit. There was a point he went at bat 79 times, and did not draw a walk. He later changed his batting stance, and instead going for power, he went for contact. Billy simply feared the batter’s box and changed him. If he goes 0 for 2, he’s already done for the night, and simply not batting against the pitcher, but himself. He played around legendary players and manager, and was on the bench in 2 world series wins, but never got to witness of being that guy. Billy Beane is simply a superstar physically, but mentally a pure novice who doesn’t belong in that sport. In 1990, Billy was 27 years old, and noticed he’s not a boy anymore but a man, a guy who married and has a kid on the way. He knew the superstar was not meant to be or even being a major leaguer player, and went
"Relief pitchers used to come down from the bullpen to watch Billy hit, just to see what he did when he struck out." He busted so many bats against so many walls that his teammates lost count. One time he destroyed the dugout toilet; another time, in a Triple-A game in Tacoma, he went after a fan in the stands, and proved, to everyone's satisfaction, that fans, no matter what challenges they hollered from the safety of their seats, were better off not getting into fistfights with ballplayers.
Billy Beane’s downfall is that he could not simply hit. There was a point he went at bat 79 times, and did not draw a walk. He later changed his batting stance, and instead going for power, he went for contact. Billy simply feared the batter’s box and changed him. If he goes 0 for 2, he’s already done for the night, and simply not batting against the pitcher, but himself. He played around legendary players and manager, and was on the bench in 2 world series wins, but never got to witness of being that guy. Billy Beane is simply a superstar physically, but mentally a pure novice who doesn’t belong in that sport. In 1990, Billy was 27 years old, and noticed he’s not a boy anymore but a man, a guy who married and has a kid on the way. He knew the superstar was not meant to be or even being a major leaguer player, and went