Before the analytics revolution, there were around 50% more hits per game than strikeouts. The smarter way to play baseball is to move less and so there's less movement on the field. Michael Schulder: Moneyball had a big effect in helping speed up the analytics revolution at the very beginning.
No — but he does have a knack for stumbling into the perfect moment, including the recent FTX debacle. In this installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, we revisit the book that launched the analytics revolution.