Ray Chapman, Carl Mays, and Baseball Safety TAGS: babe ruth | baseball | blitz | carl mays | cleveland indians | consulting | continuous improvement | fatality | lean | new york yankees | operations | process | ray chapman | six sigma | sports On August 16, 1920, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was hit in the head by a pitch from New York Yankees pitcher Carl Mays. Bleeding profusely, he walked off the …Continue reading →

Baltimore Orioles Decision-Making Flowchart TAGS: adam | andy mcphail | baltimore | billy ripken | billy rowell | blitz | boog powell | boston red sox | brooks robinson | bud selig | cal | decision | funny | ichiro | jones | ken singleton | lean | markakis | matrix | matt hobgood | new york yankees | operations | orioles | peter angelos | player to be named later | processes | ptbnl | rick dempsey | ripken | roberts | sports | suzuki | tom davis | wieters Someone on Twitter shared this (I wish I could remember who) but this is a humorous look at how decisions are made with the Baltimore Orioles front office. True or …Continue reading →

What Moneyball Teaches Us About Sharing of Best Practices TAGS: a's | athletics | barry zito | baseball | billy beane | blitz | boston red sox | cy young | detroit tigers | eric chavez | lean | lean blitz | major league baseball | mark mulder | michael lewis | miguel tejada | minnesota twins | mlb network | moneyball | mvp | new york yankees | oakland | operations | processes | sharing of best practices | siriusxm | sports | statistical analysis | tim hudson | world series As previously discussed in another blog post, Moneyball is the story of how the Oakland Athletics challenged conventional baseball wisdom by eschewing heavy reliance on scouting reports in favor of statistical …Continue reading →

What Moneyball Can Teach Us About Lean TAGS: art howe | baseball | billy beane | blu-ray | boston red sox | brad pitt | carlos pena | change management | cleveland indians | continuous improvement | dvd | five whys | general manager | grady fuson | inefficiency | jeremy giambi | jonah hill | lean | lean blitz | major league baseball | mark shapiro | michael lewis | mlb | moneyball | movie | new york yankees | oakland athletics | paul depodesta | peter brand | philip seymour hoffman | poka-yoke | scott hatteberg | scouting | theo epstein | world series The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis was a paradigm-shifting revelation to the way baseball front offices evaluated and valued players – greater focus on specific statistics (on-base percentage) and valuing the …Continue reading →