Beane Counter
Michael Lewis
May 12, 2003
By poring over statistics ignored by conventional scouts, Billy Beane finds talent where no one else sees it—leading a revolution in baseball and making his small-market Oakland A's perennial contenders
"I'm not sure he wants to sign. He said he'd like to go to law school."
"Law school?"
"He's getting pressure from his girlfriend, I think."
"He's looking for love, it sounds like."
"Put a Milo on him."
Another collegiate lefthanded pitcher:
"The guy's got no grades," says a scout.
'You mean bad grades?" asks another.
"No, I mean no grades," says the first.
"How can a guy have no grades at Chico State?" asks the other.