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Scouts versus Stats: the impact of Moneyball on the Major League Baseball draft

Tony Caporale Department of Economics and Finance, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton 45469, USA
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Trevor C. Collier Department of Economics and Finance, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton 45469, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1983-1990 | Published online: 05 Apr 2012

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