Money Ball - Arizona Style

In the latest issue of Fortune Magazine was a great article on the Arizona Diamondbacks CEO Derrick Hall.

Derrick Hall seems like a great CEO for baseball. He and his moneyball GM Josh Byrnes focus on maximizing their clubs performance on a Bill Webb type statistical decision making process. Having their team in a midlevel market makes it hard for them to attract solid talent at discount prices. Because of this, like the Oakland A's, they have to get maximum productivity for every dollar spent. As a result, most of their talent is derived through minor league prospecting and training.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/18/magazines/fortune/birger_baseball.fortune/index.htm