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In 2002, after a spectacular season, the Oakland A’s lose in the playoffs to a team with a far worse record, the Minnesota Twins. The A’s loss in the playoffs is a symbol of the randomness and unpredictability of the game of baseball. Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta try to minimize the role of luck in their sport, but they can’t get rid of it altogether.
The 2002 Playoffs Quotes in Moneyball
The Moneyball quotes below all refer to the symbol of The 2002 Playoffs. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12 Quotes
"I made one decision based on money in my life—when I signed with the Mets rather than go to Stanford—and I promised I'd never do it again." After that, Billy confined himself to the usual blather about personal reasons. None of what he said was terribly rational or "objective"—but then, neither was he. Within a week, he was back to scheming how to get the Oakland A’s back to the playoffs, and Paul DePodesta was back to being on his side.
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At the end of the book, Billy gets a shot at an incredible contract with the Boston Red Sox: he has the opportunity to manage the team for more than twelve million dollars over the course of five years, a record for professional baseball. At first, Billy is excited about the prospect being a highly paid general manager for the Red Sox, but in the end, he chooses to remain on as the general manager of the Oakland A’s. Billy’s explanation for his surprising decision is tantalizingly vague. He claims that he didn’t want to make a decision purely for Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum
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The 2002 Playoffs Symbol Timeline in Moneyball
The timeline below shows where the symbol The 2002 Playoffs appears in Moneyball. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 12: The Speed of an Idea
The Oakland A’s approach the 2002 playoffs. In their penultimate game of the regular season, they face the Texas Rangers. Billy Beane...
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The regular season ends and the A’s have own their division and made the playoffs. Two important things happen. First, Art Howe holds a meeting with the press in which...
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Billy said, “My shit doesn’t work in the playoffs. My job is to get us to the playoffs. What happens after that is fucking...
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