Jeff Angus at Management by Baseball has written a couple of informative articles on San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. The discussion centers around Alderson’s management techniques and includes interviews with the man himself.
I love this riff on Michael Lewis’ Moneyball (aff link):
The revelations in Moneyball actually helped the A’s competitiveness. That’s because when other team owners read the book, many leaned on their own front offices to emulate the deeds (managing walks) but not the intent (finding an undervalued approach and optimizing against it temporarily) of what Oakland had done. And managing walks lost its special value because so …read more

So, I’ve been holed up in a cave the past 3 1/2 months, writing a book. And today I’m happy to announce that it’s finally done:

Ducksnorts 2007 Baseball Annual

The book features analysis and commentary on the current San Diego Padres, as well as some historical information and lessons the organization can learn from other successful “small market” teams around MLB. The book runs 193 pages and includes a foreword by Padres CEO Sandy Alderson.
I hope you enjoy it.