Personal narrative

A personal experience I had relates to the character Billy Beane. Billy's situation relates to a summer tryout, for a travel team. Billy's situation connects to the tryout because this is the process that general manager’s go through in recruiting players. In the book Moneyball, Billy is looking for a different way to scout players. This relates to the tryout because players are assessed by scouts to test their skills. Just like in Little League, coaches and scouts are using the same process that Major League scouts are using. Billy realized that nothing changes throughout the levels. This is why Billy Beane is trying to reinvent the way scouting has worked for over 150 years! Even during my tryouts scouts stand in a straight line, with clipboard and stopwatch in hand, assessing talent. This situation can be potentially nerve racking. This is the same feeling that the scouts, such as Billy feel. In the story Billy works with his other scouts to evaluate statistics. Billy believes statistics are the proper way of assessing players, in comparison to judging them by what they might look like or preform like when you see them. Statistics show a more broad range of player’s abilities. The statistics also show a more accurate view of the player. By viewing players this way teams will have more success, because they will be finding the best players for their team. As I continue to play baseball, I believe scouts will judge me more by what I have compiled in my stats. I believe this is the road scouts will take. What I have done and what I might become may not be as big of a factor as it used too.