{"id":324687,"date":"2021-08-15T02:42:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T23:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/female-astrophysicist-helps-boost-oakland-as-pitching-staff\/"},"modified":"2021-08-15T02:42:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T23:42:22","slug":"female-astrophysicist-helps-boost-oakland-as-pitching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/female-astrophysicist-helps-boost-oakland-as-pitching-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"#Female astrophysicist helps boost Oakland A&#8217;s pitching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Female astrophysicist helps boost Oakland A&#8217;s pitching staff<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Major League Baseball team that pioneered Moneyball is on the verge of a new frontier.<\/p>\n<p>Spaceball.<\/p>\n<p>The Oakland A\u2019s have entrusted their rotation to Samantha Schultz, a 26-year-old front-office phenom and pitching analyst with a degree in astrophysics from nearby St. Mary\u2019s College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery team that I\u2019ve ever interviewed for has been very interested in the physics degree,\u201d Schultz <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/08\/14\/how-an-astrophysicist-is-helping-the-oakland-as-fine-tune-their-pitches\/\">told the San Jose Mercury News<\/a>. \u201cHow I can leverage the degree, how they can <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly it to pitching and even beyond the actual pitching. I think as someone with a physics degree \u2014 my brain works a bit differently than somebody with, say, a computer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schultz was enrolled at a graduate sports management program at Columbia University when she was recruited by MLB\u2019s diversity fellowship program and landed an internship with the Mets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/samathan-schultz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768\" alt=\"Samantha Schultz\" class=\"wp-image-19135056\" width=\"618\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/samathan-schultz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/samathan-schultz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=927 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/samathan-schultz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/samathan-schultz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/samathan-schultz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Samantha Schultz brings with her a degree in astrophysics.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>She was hired by her hometown A\u2019s in 2019, where she\u2019s part of a term of advanced analysts that includes, among others, research scientist David Jackson-Hanen, who has a Ph.D in applied math, the Mercury <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s have long been affiliated with \u201cMoneyball\u201d \u2013 an innovative analytics-based strategy forged by <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Billy Beane that allowed the organization to compete with teams with much bigger budgets by looking for market inefficiencies. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Adventures in people ignoring my credentials<\/p>\n<p>Me: I need to get to level 4<br \/>Security: how did you get down here?<br \/>Me: oh I see the elevator. Thank you<br \/>S: you\u2019re not allowed down here<br \/>Me: I really am<br \/>S: but HOW did you get down here? <br \/>Me: I was in the clubhouse <br \/>S: Why? How? <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/StRjZMYp72\">pic.twitter.com\/StRjZMYp72<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sam.csv (@RealSamSchultz) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSamSchultz\/status\/1425230129048035331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It spawned the 2003 book \u201cMoneyball\u201d by Michael Lewis and the 2011 movie of the same name starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyball ushered in a new era of analytics not just in baseball, but in all of sports. It also inspired Schultz, who was just 8 years old when the book came out, and helped her land her dream job with the A\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>She told Beane during her interview with the team that \u201cMoneyball\u201d inspired her to pursue her loves of both baseball and science. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/billy-Beane.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Billy Beane's use of advanced metrics was popularized in the movie &quot;Moneyball.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19135071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/billy-Beane.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/billy-Beane.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/billy-Beane.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Billy Beane\u2019s use of advanced metrics was popularized in the movie \u201cMoneyball.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael Zagaris\/Oakland Athletics\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad you brought it up,\u201d Beane replied, the Mercury News reports. \u201cBecause the thing I\u2019m most proud about from \u2018Moneyball\u2019 is that people like you read that story and think, \u2018Hey, I can do this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s are currently second in the AL West with a 67-49 record and fifth in Major League Baseball with a 3.61 earned run average.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The Oakland A\u2019s have entrusted their rotation to Samantha Schultz, a 26-year-old front-office phenom and pitching analyst with a degree in astrophysics from nearby St. Mary\u2019s College. \u201cEvery team that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/oakland-astrophysics.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[114240,37191,13096,8326,70350,67907],"class_list":["post-324687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-8-14-21","tag-baseball","tag-california","tag-mlb","tag-oakland-as","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}