I think it would if we hired Erik Kubota the A's scouting director as an assistant GM or even traded let Beinfest leave anmd get great compensation

BTW I know people will grill me for this

I thought you were talking about the MB.com member Moneyball getting hired by the Marlins :mischief .

 

But to the question, absolutely not.

How about why?

 

"Beinfest ball" seems to have (for better or worse) helped keep this team competitive, even with shakeups expected almost annually.

Moneyball produces good teams, but not winners.

 

Let's hope it never infects the Marlins front office.

lololololol

I'd love to work for the Marlins in the future. :mischief

 

I don't see why it wouldn't work.

 

The trading/or firing Beinfest part is idiotic though.

Moneyball produces good teams, but not winners.

 

Let's hope it never infects the Marlins front office.

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Right on. :thumbup

 

Oakland has fielded good teams, but they never reached prosperity.

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You can say the same thing about the Braves and Scherholtzball.

:plain

 

Anything can work anywhere as long as its some solid reasoning behind it and those who are dedicated to making it work.

How do you guys think Kubota would be as a GM and it's not Billy Beanes fault that Tim Hudson choked twice against the Twins and that Jeter made one of the best plays in MLB history so you cant say that it's the systems fault the team hasnt won in the playoffs look at the circumstance and I would say winning 20 straight games is pretty prosperous :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup

Seems like this same thread is in the MLB forum. Anyway...I'll say roughly the same thing I said there. We've had success our own way. Why would we dump Beinfest and change philosophies? It's not like we're running around aimlessly, hell we're probably the envy of many a low-payroll team out there.

 

And let's not forget, while we may have a different game on offense there's one thing that we have in common with the Bay Area Moneyballers: good pitching gets it done. Dream up all the offensive schemes you want but in the end, it's keeping the ball in the park that wins you games.

They do not have the high paying mets (whom are gonna expand their payroll again), Phillies (gonna be near 100 mill again), Braves in their division, Plus the nats will expand payroll too.

Yes, they have. The big spending Angels, Rangers and Mariners.

 

Remember the Phillies only recently surpassed the Marlins in payroll once the new stadium was being built.

Moneyball produces good teams, but not winners.

 

Let's hope it never infects the Marlins front office.

Right on. :thumbup

 

Oakland has fielded good teams, but they never reached prosperity.

You can say the same thing about the Braves and Scherholtzball.The Braves have won quite a few playoff series :thumbup

 

And, um, I think our system is working just fine.

Moneyball produces good teams, but not winners.

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I think a few 90-win seasons would help develop a fan base and get a stadium and meanwhile be appreciated by everyone connected with the Marlins more than a World Series title every 6 years to break up the pace of mediocrity and hopelessness.

Moneyball produces good teams, but not winners.

 

Let's hope it never infects the Marlins front office.

Right on. :thumbup

 

Oakland has fielded good teams, but they never reached prosperity.

You can say the same thing about the Braves and Scherholtzball.The Braves have won quite a few playoff series :thumbup

 

And, um, I think our system is working just fine.

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Beane= 3 playoff series losses.

 

Scherholtz= Lost last 3 playoff series appearances.

 

Beane will eventually have luck. He has had no luck in the playoffs period.