Billy Beane

The San Antonio Spurs are 5 time NBA Champions under legendary Coach Greg Popovich! In the wake of confronting an overwhelming misfortune to the Miami Heat amid a couple of years ago in the finals, the Spurs returned with a retaliation and were in it for the slaughter. Other than a drive for recovery, the Spurs had something unique this year. Maybe, it was a procedure that the other NBA franchises excluding the Golden State warriors simply weren't prepared for. Other than their astonishing…

Everyone has experienced failure at one point in their lives, what they didn’t know is that, one's mistake can help develop a growth mindset. A growth mindset is illustrated as one’s belief that basic skills can be developed through persistence and arduous work. The opposite of a growth mindset is a fixed mindset, which is one’s belief that one is either excellent or atrocious at something. A growth mindset can easily be affected by teachers, sports, stress, and by one’s view of failure. Many…

At the surface Major League Baseball seems to be an organization crafted to promote America’s pastime however, it is a multi-billion-dollar business. Moneyball turned baseball into an even larger business than it already was, now instead of resembling a children’s game it, looks more like a corporate office. With every player having a million dollar or more price tag on their shirt and most veterans having mega-million contracts, baseball has been converted into an economic game. Moneyball…

In the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Boston Red Sox faced off against their most hated rivals, the New York Yankees. The Red Sox were already in the midst of an 86-year World Series drought known as “The Curse of the Bambino.” 2004 was the closest Boston had come to winning a World Series title since the infamous Bill Buckner error in 1986. Red Sox fans had believed all year long that this was THE year. However, after being down 3 games to none in the series, the Red Sox faced…

In the movie Moneyball (based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis), Billy Beane attempts to form a competitive baseball team for Oakland Athletics by assembling undervalued talent through a sophisticated approach of Sabermetrics. As demonstrated in the movie, a strong team can be built with empirical analysis of the game, answering objective questions and making data based decisions in athletic recruitment as against prejudice, wisdom and gut instincts. The…

Home Alone (1990) - “Fuller! Go easy on the Pepsi.” In the movie Home Alone, the scene shows Fuller McCallister drinking a can of Pepsi, while having a slight smirk on his face. Fuller is known to be a soda lover and that’s seen in this scene. When the movie came out in 1990, the movie became number one in America. Since the movie got so much attention, the company, Pepsi, had gotten a lot of attention as well. Individuals all across America adored the movie and eventually wanted a Pepsi after…