Money ball quesions

1) What was the “Moneyball”approach that Billy Beane and Peter Brandt applied to the Oakland Athletics 2002 season? Was it an “art” or a “science”? What single statistic did they boil their value consideration down to? (In class research/discussion)
The money ball approach was to base the worth of players on their stats rather than their personality or abilities.
2) What is the equation used to calculate OBP? (In class research/discussion)
OBP=( H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF)
3) What is design? (In class research/discussion)
To make or formulate a system, object or event.
4) Describe 3 situations where movie characters (intentionally or not) applied a step from the PLTW 12 Step Design Process. Explain both the (a) situation as well as (b) how the step is relevant:1 –In the beginning when all the advisors were trying to find players they were brainstorming2 - 3 - 5) What is “Leadership”? List the three aspects of leadership that we come up with in class. (In class research/discussion)1 – Taking initiative2 –Helping others3 – Organizing others6) Describe 3 circumstances from the story where a character exercised effective leadership:1 – The maincharacter showed leadership by sticking steadfast to his plan2 – One of the players that that Beane talked to, who encouraged other players.3 –Beane also showed leadership by agreeing to compromise with the field coach7) According to the movie, what was the A’s record at the start of their winning streak? 68-518) What does this ratio simplify to (roughly)? 1.333 : 19) How long was the A’s record setting winning streak? 20 games won.10) Given the A’s win/loss ratio at the start of the streak (listed two questions above), what are the odds of winning 20 games in a row? Run the numbers. (In class research/discussion) .0013106% likely hood11) Based on your calculation, do you think the A’s got lucky or was there something to the Moneyball approach?It is almost absolute that the Moneyball or some other variable had a significant effect.12) Did Billy Beane strictly apply the “science” of Moneyball to his management approach? Was there an “art” to his efforts as well? Describe a circumstance where he broke from the Moneyball approach to make a positive change for the team.It mostely was science in terms of money ball but in trying to get the players he wanted there was in fact an art to it, almost like a balance act. The one player who money ball predicted being a great player didn’t take his job seriously so Beane traded him.