krblokhin/iStock via Getty Images Co-authored by Treading Softly In 2001, the Oakland Athletics baseball team was devastated by their loss to the New York Yankees. In 2002, their general manager, Billy Beane, had to desperately come up with a new team to be able to replace many stars who were leaving. The problem was that the Oakland A's had a very small budget compared to many large Major League Baseball teams. What Billy Beane ended up doing became the focus of a book (Moneyball: The Art Of Winning An Unf ...