So, you've seen the flick "Moneyball" and now you think you understand how the traditionally low-budget Oakland A's still managed to capture the American League West title again this season.

That film starring Brad Pitt as A's general manager Billy Beane taught you all you need to know about "Sabermetrics", the number-crunching, anti-MLB establishment modus operandi Beane and his nerdy cohorts apply so successfully, right?

Well, that's what MAS thought, too, when he invaded the office of A's manager Bob Melvin, deep in the bowels of Cleveland's Progressive Field.