No one is a loser

Rosemarie 2022-04-19 09:01:15

I was sent a review of "Moneyball" today, and then I reminisced about the version of the show that my daughter sang in the movie, which was different from Lenka's: I want my money back. The lyrics were changed to You're such a loser , dad. By the way, I watched a few episodes that I was impressed by, and I also watched a lot of anti-climax movies. The undervalue statement mentioned in "Moneyball" gave me the idea Some new insights, everyone will be undervalued when, a failed middle-aged old man listens to the theory of a fledgling college student, defies all opinions and tries his best to transform the team and then make a legendary story, how inspirational, but the ending is anti-climax Let them miss the championship. Now that I think about it, that's where the movie is. It's both a grown-up fairy tale and a cruel reality. He made the feat of changing the rules of the industry, but he failed to achieve worldly success. loser, this is a very sensitive word. Once someone uses this word to poke at it, the negative emotions that follow will indirectly or directly lead to a lot of bad things. Nowadays, this word has also been somewhat expanded to include words such as Puxin male and pastoral female. Being labeled with these labels, the loser will follow, and it is no wonder that some people are mad at the yin and yang: win the numbness. It is also a revolt against negative emotions. And from the inspiration of this film, that is, the frequently mentioned word "undervalue", I hope to see friends here to look at it more objectively. Maybe failure, underestimation is not absolutely negative, underestimation is really just underestimation, we are just in a world that is not suitable for us. It’s like what many people say about being confused and unable to find a direction. You have a lot of power but you will never be seen. Maybe what you need at this time is not to compete with others who can roll more, and to be beaten by others in a territory that does not belong to you. Ignore and try desperately to prove yourself. Find a new way, and what suits you will be the best. This sounds like an escape, but sometimes some games are destined to be unsuitable for you to play, but everyone is told at a different time. Some people will be told at the age of 18 but some people will not understand until the age of 80. I hope to see that friends here have the courage to make changes and find their own utopia. They are not afraid of becoming a loser, because finding oneself is far better than finding oneself. These are much more important, and the true self is not "undervalued".

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  • Peter Brand: There is an epidemic failure within the game to understand what is really happening. And this leads people who run Major League Baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams. I apologize.

    Billy Beane: Go on.

    Peter Brand: Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players, your goal should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs. You're trying to replace Johnny Damon. The Boston Red Sox see Johnny Damon and they see a star who's worth seven and half million dollars a year. When I see Johnny Damon, what I see is... is... an imperfect understanding of where runs come from. The guy's got a great glove. He's a decent leadoff hitter. He can steal bases. But is he worth the seven and half million dollars a year that the Boston Red Sox are paying him? No. No. Baseball thinking is medieval. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say it to anybody, I'm-I'm ostracized. I'm-I'm-I'm a leper. So that's why I'm-I'm cagey about this with you. That's why I... I respect you, Mr. Beane, and if you want full disclosure, I think it's a good thing that you got Damon off your payroll. I think it opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities.

  • Peter Brand: It's about getting things down to one number. Using the stats the way we read them, we'll find value in players that no one else can see. People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cut straight through that. Billy, of the 20,000 notable players for us to consider, I believe that there is a championship team of twenty-five people that we can afford, because everyone else in baseball undervalues them.