`Moneyball' Manager Beane Hired as Adviser by Dutch Soccer Club
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AZ Alkmaar is betting that Billy Beane’s “Moneyball” philosophy will translate into Dutch.
Beane, the Oakland Athletics general manager whose use of statistics to give small-market baseball teams an edge was the basis for the best-selling book, will advise the Dutch soccer club on performance and innovation, according to the team’s website.