Moneyball, the groundbreaking book by Michael Lewis, forever changed the landscape of professional sports. Moneyball tells the inspiring story of the Oakland A's, a small-market baseball team that defied the odds by leveraging advanced data to gain a competitive edge in the highly traditional world of baseball. The hero of this story is the Oakland A's general manager, Billy Beane, who repeatedly challenged the conventional wisdom of the game by favoring data-driven decision-making over the scouts’ “eye test”. He managed the team much like a hedge fund manager would trade assets, exploiting market inefficiencies to build a competitive roster, despite having a significantly lower payroll than his peers. Let’s dive into the extraordinary story that started the sports analytics revolution!