Moneyball

moneyball English Alternative forms en moneyball Etymology After the Moneyball 2003 book by business journalist Michael Lewis (author) Michael Lewis; from en money ball. Pronunciation en /ˈmʌn.iˌbɔːl/ [ˈmɐn.iˌbɔːl] UK en /ˈmʌn.iˌbɔl/ US en /ˈmʌn.iˌbɑl/ cot-caught en ɔːl 3 en mon ey ball Noun - en baseball Baseball management relying on sabermetrics. en https://archive.nytimes.com/ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/moneyball-is-in-a-slump/ ‘Moneyball’ Is in a Slump 2009-08-07 Tom Kuntz NYTimes Idea of the Day Blog Sure, the Florida Marlins and some others have a shot, but the “Moneyball” approach — using spreadsheets and unconventional thinking to fell baseball’s rich Goliaths — seems to have been co-opted by the big guys themselves. https://web.archive.org/web/20250610232324/https://archive.nytimes.com/ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/moneyball-is-in-a-slump/ 10 June 2025 en https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/09/the-moneyball-effect-are-sabermetrics-good-for-sports/244453/ The ‘Moneyball’ Effect: Are Sabermetrics Good for Sports? 2011-09-02 The Atlantic Sure, statistical analysis has changed baseball's front offices for the better. A little. But most things haven't changed. The Red Sox version of Moneyball, after all, includes lots and lots of money, and there's nothing new there. https://web.archive.org/web/20250218091932/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/09/the-moneyball-effect-are-sabermetrics-good-for-sports/244453/ 18 February 2025 en https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/can-government-play-moneyball/309389/ Can Government Play Moneyball? 2013-06-20 John Bridgeland; Peter Orszag The Atlantic The moneyball formula in baseball—replacing scouts’ traditional beliefs and biases about players with data-intensive studies of what skills actually contribute most to winning—is just as applicable to the battle against out-of-control health-care costs. https://web.archive.org/web/20260608124157/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/can-government-play-moneyball/309389/ 8 June 2026 en by extension The application of advanced analytics to any domain in order to improve outcomes. en https://archive.nytimes.com/fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/the-moneyball-of-campaign-advertising-part-1/ The Moneyball of Campaign Advertising (Part 1) 2011-10-05 John Sides The New York Times Campaigns are spending a lot of money, but they are not playing Moneyball. https://web.archive.org/web/20260805071149/https://archive.nytimes.com/fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/the-moneyball-of-campaign-advertising-part-1/ 5 August 2026 en 2012 Patrick Mayock Bill Marriott shines in primetime spotlight www.hotelnewsnow.com https://web.archive.org/web/20130419210302/http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/articles.aspx/9552/Bill-Marriott-shines-in-primetime-spotlight 2013-04-19 The technical savvy on display was enough to show any guest that there’s more—a lot more—to the hotel business than the front desk and housekeeping. As host Wapner said, “It’s moneyball for hotels.” en Jeremy N. Smith When ‘Moneyball’ Meets Medicine The New York Times 2015-04-02 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/upshot/when-moneyball-meets-medicine.html 0362-4331 Now people everywhere can bring “Moneyball” to medicine. A few months after releasing their global numbers in The Lancet, the same scientists supplied the underlying figures for 187 nations. https://web.archive.org/web/20240311160945/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/upshot/when-moneyball-meets-medicine.html 11 March 2024 en https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/amazon-and-the-myth-of-moneyball-media/545792/ Why Amazon Thinks You Want to Watch a ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Show (or Five) 2017-11-13 Derek Thompson The Atlantic For years, Amazon seemed to employ a Moneyball approach to media, spreading its bets across less-than-stellar intellectual properties. https://web.archive.org/web/20250723032331/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/amazon-and-the-myth-of-moneyball-media/545792/ 23 July 2025