The A's figured out there were points in the game that were much more important to have a great pitcher coming out of the bullpen. They would take their third best pitcher and make him the closer, and he would naturally accumulate lots of saves because they were very good. "Since everybody agreed on what you did by rule, if it didn't work out, nobody shouted at you"
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.