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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
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May 12, 2003

Beane Counter

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

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"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.

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