As a diehard Dodgers fan, I experienced the flaws of Moneyball firsthand during the brief tenure of Paul DePodesta (Billy Beane's protégé) as GM. DePodesta too

As a diehard Dodgers fan, I experienced the flaws of Moneyball firsthand during the brief tenure of Paul DePodesta (Billy Beane's protégé) as GM. DePodesta took Beane's emphasis on statistical analysis to the extreme, almost completely ignoring player personality, team chemistry, and the recommendations of Dodger scouts, who are some of the best in baseball. He signed guys like Jeff Kent, Milton Bradley, and J.D. Drew with great talent, but selfish or non-existent personalties. As a result, the team was really more like a sum of parts rather than a united, functioning group. Luckily, the Dodgers fired DePodesta in favor of Ned Colleti. Colleti's more pragmatic approach, which takes into account more than just stat sheets, has taken the Dodgers from 20 games under .500 in DePo's last year to 3 straight playoff appearances.