Billy Beane
Tax Prof’s Views on Law School Rankings (and Baseball)
May 30, 2014
Forgive the shameless plug, but my latest article, What Law Schools Can Learn from Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics, 82 Texas L. Rev. 1483 (2004), is out now in hard copy. The article argues that law schools should heed the lessons from Michael Lewis's best-selling book Moneyball and embrace rankings rather than hide from them. Here is the concluding paragraph: Like Michael Lewis, we have told a story about a profession and people we love. We are proud of the work law schools and law professors...
May 30, 2014
Forgive the shameless plug, but my latest article, What Law Schools Can Learn from Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics, 82 Texas L. Rev. 1483 (2004), is out now in hard copy. The article argues that law schools should heed the lessons from Michael Lewis's best-selling book Moneyball and embrace rankings rather than hide from them. Here is the concluding paragraph: Like Michael Lewis, we have told a story about a profession and people we love. We are proud of the work law schools and law professors...
Fielding a ‘Moneyball’ Compliance Program
February 7, 2014
“There are rich teams, and there are poor teams. Then there's 50 feet of crap. And then there's us.” - Brad Pitt, as Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, in “Moneyball” All compliance professionals, even those who have never even seen a baseball game, can learn something from the 2011 Brad Pitt film “Moneyball”—the true story about how in 2002 the struggling Oakland Athletics team made more with less. And won. A lot. You have to actually see the movie or, even better,...
February 7, 2014
“There are rich teams, and there are poor teams. Then there's 50 feet of crap. And then there's us.” - Brad Pitt, as Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, in “Moneyball” All compliance professionals, even those who have never even seen a baseball game, can learn something from the 2011 Brad Pitt film “Moneyball”—the true story about how in 2002 the struggling Oakland Athletics team made more with less. And won. A lot. You have to actually see the movie or, even better,...
Why Attorneys Love-Hate Data Analytics
December 4, 2013
Die-hard Oakland A's fans were angry with general manager Billy Beane when he used computer-generated analytics to pick his players in 2002. Fans doubted that a computer could out think the scouts and experts in the stands. So their trip to the playoffs that season, as well as the following year, shocked the baseball world–—and convinced other teams there might just be something valuable in crunching numbers. Well, that was baseball. Legal professionals, on the other hand, still need some...
December 4, 2013
Die-hard Oakland A's fans were angry with general manager Billy Beane when he used computer-generated analytics to pick his players in 2002. Fans doubted that a computer could out think the scouts and experts in the stands. So their trip to the playoffs that season, as well as the following year, shocked the baseball world–—and convinced other teams there might just be something valuable in crunching numbers. Well, that was baseball. Legal professionals, on the other hand, still need some...
