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Paul DePodesta On Clubhouse Confidential (Video)
Paul DePodesta was on MLB Network's Clubhouse Confidential with Brian Kenny this evening, which is great. What's not so great is that there was hardly any new ground covered. Kenny asked a lot about how DePodesta got into the baseball business — he played baseball and football at Harvard and his...
Paul DePodesta On MLBN's Clubhouse Confidential, 5:30pm Tonight
Mets VP of player development Paul DePoDesta will be Bran Kenny's guest tonight on Clubhouse Confidential, which will air on the MLB Network at 5:30pm EST and re-air at 7:30pm EST. Here's the promo: Paul DePodesta, the New York Mets Vice President of Player Development and Amateur Scouting, will...
Jonah Hill's portrayal of a fictional Paul DePodesta earns him an Oscar nod
We met Paul DePodesta back in 2007, shortly after joining the Padres and performing various tasks that, despite our three part interview with him, we never really understood. I re-read those interviews and I realize we never really asked him much about Moneyball, but nevertheless, those interviews...
The San Diego Padres and the REAL Moneyball Players
Moneyball, the movie, is coming out soon. Though it reads like science fiction, and contrary to popular belief, the movie and the book were both based on events that actually happened. Anybody who says that Moneyball is about the players on the field, a particular type of approach to at-bats, or...
Paul DePodesta's 'State of the Farm' via Adam Rubin
ESPN's Adam Rubin recently caught up with Mets Farm Director Paul DePodesta for what he billed as a 'state of the farm' interview. For those of us Mets prospect watchers, he did not disappoint. This was an excellent, highly in-depth look at some of the more interesting questions throughout the Mets...
Transcript Of Paul DePodesta's Conference Call With Bloggers
Paul "d3p0" DePodesta, the Mets' Vice President of Player Development & Amateur Scouting, was kind enough to field questions from various Mets bloggers and Amazin' Avenue participated. Eric Simon and Matthew Artus represented AA on the conference call. See below for highlights, a picture of...
Sandy Alderson: "Stolen Bases Are A Footnote"
Sandy Alderson was interviewed at a charity event last night by Ed Randall of Fans For The Cure, a prostate cancer awareness organization. David Lennon of Newsday shared some of Alderson's one-liners. Here is one: I'll ignore Lennon's Reyes editorial for now and instead focus on the stolen base...
Amazin' Avenue Book Club: Moneyball, Chapter Ten
This is the tale of Chadwick Lee Bradford. Here is "Chapter Ten: Anatomy Of An Undervalued Pitcher". Y'all remember side-arming, knuckle-scraping, former Met Bradford: Bradford's journey from 13th round White Sox draft pick to A's relief ace is recounted. He is taught in high school to drop his...
Amazin' Avenue Book Club: Moneyball, Chapter Seven
After a brief hiatus, the AA Book Club is back to continue its discussion of Moneyball. And just in time for the release of the film adaptation later this week! In case you missed it, here are the first six chapter discussions: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter...
Amazin' Avenue Book Club: Moneyball, Chapter Six
It's been awhile since our last meeting, what with the holidays and my discovery of PaperBackSwap. Join the site (for free!) to send away your read or unwanted books and receive new selections in return. I put down Moneyball in favor of some of Roger Angell's baseball works, namely The Summer Game...
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