Comments on: The Extra 2% Solution

By: NoamSane

NoamSane — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:05:46 +0000

[4] OK, I get it. I agree with william [5].

Maybe if Mark Cuban used Wall Street Strategies instead of Internet Billionaire Strategies, Chief Bud would let him in the club.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:43:39 +0000

[4] I know that, but does that mean Steinbrenner used Ship Building techniques to build the Yankees?

In our attempt to define success, I think we sometimes ascribe qualities that really don’t imply. Again, I don’t want to criticize the book without reading it, but from my own observation, I don’t see where “Wall Street Strategies” have come into play.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:21:13 +0000

4) The guys who run the Rays are all Wall Street guys, and baseball outsiders…

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:07:55 +0000

there’s also a great excerpt about the D-Rays not drafting Pujols at their area scout’s behest, over at the 4-letter network…

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:24:52 +0000

[1] I have the same question. It seems to me as if the Rays stockpiled high draft picks that resulted from being so terrible for so long and then mixed in a a couple of savy trades, which kind of seems like the typical, cyclical nature of small market teams.

I haven’t read the book, but it seems like this is an attempt to build on the “market inefficiency” principal established by Moneyball (and perhaps gain the same level of prominence in the baseball world). I am not sure if I’ll read it because the topic seems a little contrived, but I look forward to at least reading some other reviews.

By: NoamSane

NoamSane — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:16:57 +0000

I’m sure it’s a great book, but I don’t get the “Wall Street Strategies” part. Did the Rays figure out a way, in the context of MLB to be highly leveraged with the actual burden of the risk on someone else’s shoulders?