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June 16, 2004
Pistons Win
From the Blog Maverick, We now have all the answers... not. Got me to thinking... Did the Pistons do to basketball what Billy Beene and the A's did to baseball (read that book, btw)?
That is, rethink which player characteristics are truly necessary to win and buy those those players on the cheap from sucker teams. Their payroll this year is $52,942,639, or 14th in the league (Knicks are # 1 at $84.5m).
They don't have a single star on the team. Do they have a statistician on staff? I smell a Billy Beane...
Posted by sam at 01:05 PM | Comments (0)
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to me! Meagan, you'd better make it out to Berkeley tonight.
I just heard on the radio that Tupac was born on June 16, 1971. Too cool.
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The two things
"The two things [from Marketing Playbook (which yes, I am reading)]: For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things, or just not important."
Okay, here are the Two Things about economics. One: Incentives matter. Two: There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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The Two Things about Writing:...
- Write what you know.
- Be as short and simple as possible.
The Two Things about World Conquest:
- Divide and Conquer.
- Never invade Russia in the winter.
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