After all, hundreds of millions of people had played the game here and abroad over the years. Billy Beane: Computerized CoachesForbes: Are we going to see more real-time data where you're talking to managers, coaches during the game? Billy Beane: I think you're going to have a guy specifically designed to be your IT coach. You're going to see some really smart people doing some things again based on this information that'll be pretty unique. The advantage to us was this was a skill that was about the eighth or ninth highest paid skill in the game.

Source: Forbes April 05, 2019 09:56 UTC