Alex Rodriguez completely misunderstands ‘Moneyball’ while praising Milwaukee Brewers

What happened

In 2003, “Moneyball” took MLB by storm. The book, which chronicles how the 2002 Oakland Athletics won 103 games using a data-driven approach, became the template for how baseball would be played for decades to come. Many of that Athletics team’s core “sabermetrics” tenets still drive strategy in MLB today: prioritizing on-base percentage over batting…

Summary assembled by rule from the sources below

Sources