Moneyball Myth

If any of you have read the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis, it certainly has an appeal. It seems that innovation has come to a traditional sport like baseball. Folks I will break it to you slowly, Moneyball is all a myth. It is about money, but it is indiscriminate use of dollars on questionable oft injured players. If you applied the moneyball formula to most of the free agent signings that have occurred recently almost all the players would be looking for a real job. Why would anyone in their right mind sign someone like Eric Gagne with his injury history? Less we forget this is not about sport, it is about entertainment. One simple solution is non guaranteed contracts like the NFL.