Astroball: The New Way to Win It All by Ben Reiter Summary
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How a last-place baseball team used data analytics and human intuition to win the World Series - exactly as Sports Illustrated's Ben Reiter boldly predicted three years earlier. Hockey executives swear by this revolutionary playbook for decision-making success.
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The Absurd Prophecy That Came True
What if I told you that in 2014, a major magazine predicted the worst team in baseball would win the World Series in exactly three years-and they were right? Not just close. Dead right. In June 2014, Sports Illustrated placed George Springer of the Houston Astros on their cover with a headline so audacious it drew mockery from their own writers: "YOUR 2017 WORLD SERIES CHAMPS." The Astros had just endured three consecutive seasons of 100+ losses, sometimes drawing 0.0 local TV ratings and appearing as a punchline on Jeopardy! Yet on November 1, 2017, that very same George Springer became World Series MVP as Houston claimed its first championship. This wasn't luck or prophecy-it was the culmination of the most radical organizational transformation in modern sports, one that offers profound lessons about how humans and machines can bring out the best in each other.
The Rocket Scientists Enter Baseball
The Decision Engine: Where Humans Meet Algorithms
Drafting the Future: The Correa Decision
Growth Mindset in Action: Springer, Keuchel, and Altuve
The Missing Piece: Chemistry Beyond Numbers
The Championship: When Everything Aligned
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