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Moneyball the Novel Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions about Michael Lewis' novel, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
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Last updated: July 17, 2023
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1. Which team did the book follow during the 2002 MLB season?
Anaheim Angels ✓
San Francisco Giants ✓
Oakland Athletics ✓
Boston Red Sox ✓
2. Who was the General Manager for the team in focus?
Tony La Russa ✓
Billy Beane ✓
Theo Epstein ✓
Bill Belichick ✓
3. What main challenge forced this team to adapt and institute their new methodology?
They were perennially one of the worst teams and had pressure from ownership to do better ✓
The player strike of 1994 forced the rules to change, hurting the team and favoring players ✓
No players wanted to go to the team due to bad history there ✓
The team was only allocated a very small budget as compared to other teams ✓
4. What author was the main source of the new-style thinking implemented by the team in focus?
Bill James ✓
Stephen King ✓
Walter Johnson ✓
Ernest Hemingway ✓
5. Which team made an offer to the GM of the team in focus after the 2002 season that would have made him the highest paid GM ever, if the deal was accepted?
New York Yankees ✓
New York Mets ✓
Boston Red Sox ✓
Chicago Cubs ✓
6. What was the name of the new system of statistic-based analyzation that was implemented by the team in focus?
Burn and Churn ✓
Sabermetrics ✓
WHIP ✓
Keynesian Theory ✓
7. True or False? The team in focus heavily relied on stolen bases and sacrifice bunts to "manufacture" runs
True ✓
False ✓
8. Which player, a former catcher that had an arm injury, was highly coveted by the team in focus and played a key role in the 2002 season? Most notably hitting a record setting walk-off home run
Johnny Damon ✓
Kevin Youkilis ✓
Richie Sexson ✓
Scott Hatteberg ✓
9. What was the final result for the 2002 season for the team in focus?
They won the World Series in 7 games ✓
They missed the playoffs by one game ✓
They lost in the first round in 5 games ✓
They lost to the Yankees again in the ALCS ✓
10. What was the general reaction when the team in focus drafted Alabama catcher Jeremy Brown with a first round pick?
The pick was instantly seen as the steal of the draft ✓
They were ridiculed saying the player was fat and should have been undrafted ✓
No one knew who he was since he was so far off anyone's draft radar ✓
Brown had zero intention of being drafted to the team in focus and refused to sign a deal ✓
11. What two statistics did management of the team in focus put a heavy focus on? These two statistics were seen as the pillars of the "Moneyball Theory"
Slugging % and On-Base % ✓
ERA and WHIP ✓
Stolen Bases and Extra-Base Hits ✓
Home Runs and RBIs ✓
12. What was the MLB career of the GM of the team in focus like?
He was an underrated prospect that never got a fair chance, which is why he looked for players like himself ✓
He made it to the majors and had an all-star caliber career before retiring and working in the front office ✓
He was a highly rated prospect that turned out to be a complete bust and quit to be in management instead ✓
He never played baseball, rather, he went to Harvard and used his knowledge there to build a team ✓
13. True or False? The GM of the team in focus could hardly watch his team play and would rather work out or do anything but actually watch them play
True ✓
False ✓
14. What made relief pitcher Chad Bradford so different from other pitchers?
He was able to regularly throw over 100mph, something very rare at this time ✓
He was ambidextrous, able to pitch both right and left handed ✓
He was 6'7 and the tallest player in the league at that time ✓
He threw submarine style and very slow, making him very hard to hit ✓
15. Who played the main character in the 2011 film adaptation of novel?
Matt Damon ✓
Tom Cruise ✓
Brad Pitt ✓
Leonardo DiCaprio ✓
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