‘Can a baseball team reduce their goals to a math problem?’

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‘Can a baseball team reduce their goals to a math problem?’

WKU students now have the chance to explore the world of sports analytics in a unique way: through a class based on ideas from the book and film “Moneyball.” Adam Brownlee, WKU analytics and information systems professor, helped form the class and confirmed that it is based on the popular baseball movie and book, which are based on a true story. “The story of Moneyball is rooted in the teachings of Bill James, a destroyer of long held beliefs su…