Did Eric Hosmer’s First Base Slide Cost The Royals? TAGS: baseball | bill nye | billy butler | blitz | consulting | currency | eric hosmer | first base | giants | head first | jeremy affeldt | kansas city | lean | outs | royals | safety | science guy | slide | sports | stretch | windup | world series We’re two days removed from the dramatic Game 7 of the World Series, but we still aren’t removed from the critical Game 7 decisions that had an impact on the …Continue reading →

Chicago Cubs and Correcting Mistakes Immediately TAGS: accountability | accountable | blitz | chicago | communication | correct | cubs | dave | footwork | lean | mental | mistakes | operations | positioning | principle | process | six sigma | spring | strategy | sveum | technique | toyota | training | way | world series New manager Dave Sveum has brought a “new philosophy” to the Chicago Cubs this year in spring training – correcting mistakes immediately, greater accountability, and working to get it right …Continue reading →

Process Breakdown Means Ryan Braun Isn’t Suspended TAGS: arbitration | arizona | associated press | baseball | blitz | braun | brewers | cdt | comprehensive drug testing | controle | cornwell | das | david | detroit free press | diamondbacks | dopage | downstairs | drug agreement | espn | espn.com | federal express | fedex | fox sports | jeff passan | laboratoire | laboratory | lean | major league baseball | mark fainaru-wada | miller park | milwaukee | mlb | montreal | most valuable player | mvp | national league | operations | outfielder | panel | playoffs | process | refrigerator | ryan | shyam | specimen | sports | suspension | synthetic | t.j.quinn | testosterone | usa today | wada | wisconsin | world anti-doping agency | world series | yahoo Fresh off his National League MVP campaign in which he led the Milwaukee Brewers to the playoffs, outfielder Ryan Braun tested positive for synthetic testosterone, which is a banned substance …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 →