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<2/17> Rob Neyer,ESPN.com「Moneyball goes Hollywood」
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=neyer_rob&id=1737077
「When J.P. Ricciardi took over as GM in Toronto, the Blue Jays employed roughly 40 full-time scouts. That was two years ago. And today? The Jays employ about 20 full-time scouts ... and only five or six of them were there when Ricciardi arrived.」(Blue Jaysで行なわれたスカウトの再編成)
「Well, the Dodgers have something like 60 full-time scouts; it's always been a scout-heavy organization. But aside from Eric Gagne, when's the last time the Dodgers came up with a great player of their own? I'm going from position to position in my mind ... well, it's been a while. It's possible that I'm missing somebody, but it seems to me that for all their vaunted skill in player development, the Dodgers haven't developed a great hitter since Mike Piazza, more than a decade ago.」(ドジャーズはスカウトが60人もいるのに自前の名選手を生み出せていない。)
「The point is that the scouts who want to remain employed by the Dodgers will have to get with the new program. It won't be enough, any more, to spit into a cup and talk about some kid pitcher having the nice rear, the good face, and "pitchability." Some of them will probably be fired almost immediately, but the rest will be given a chance to ... well, to be de-programmed and then re-programmed. Most won't survive this painful process, but the few hardy survivors will be a boon to the organization.」(スカウト達は、たぶん皆クビになるだろう)
「But eventually DePodesta will have to transform the entire organization, just as Billy Beane did in Oakland and Ricciardi did in Toronto. Everybody has to be looking at the same sheet of music, but when you've been in the game for a while you tend to play your own tune no matter what the conductor's telling you. 」(全組織の改革)
「Simply put, in the Oakland organization, DePodesta was the brains and Beane was the brawn. Yes, that's awfully simplistic, too. DePodesta has a lot of heart -- remember he weighs about 160 pounds and played college football -- and Beane is certainly one of the smartest men I've ever met. My point is that DePodesta and Beane are not built identically; rather, they complemented each other. Beane will have to replace DePodesta, which will be difficult but not impossible. DePodesta, on the other hand, will have to do things he hasn't done before.」(BeaneとDePodesta)
「You can read three books that might help you keep your job: Michael Lewis' Moneyball (what DePodesta's going to do); Thomas H. Kuhn's The Theory and Structure of Scientific Revolutions (why he's going to do it), and Robert Cialdini's Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (how he's going to try to convince you to help him do it).」(ドジャーズ職員への参考書)
昨年3月のPaul DePodestaインタビュー
http://espn.go.com/mlb/columns/neyer_rob/1521784.html