Learn English with Moneyball

• ☐ ☐ ☐ move in [phv] - start living or working in a new place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an evaluation [n] - an assessment
• ☐ ☐ ☐ walk (s/o) through (s/t) [phv] - explain (something) to (someone) step by step
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an equation [n] - a math statement (eg. 7 × 4 = 28; y = 3x + 2; F = ma)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ project [v] - estimate, predict
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the postseason [n] - playoff games after the regular season
• ☐ ☐ ☐ runs [n] - points in baseball
• ☐ ☐ ☐ score (runs) [v] - get (runs) for your team
• ☐ ☐ ☐ allow (runs) [v] - let the other team get (runs)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a code [n] - a computer program or instructions
• ☐ ☐ ☐ projections [n] - predictions based on data
• ☐ ☐ ☐ build in [phv] - include something as part of a system
• ☐ ☐ ☐ get down to [phv] - simplify, focus on
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be overlooked [exp] - be ignored, not be noticed
• ☐ ☐ ☐ biased [adj] - unfair
• ☐ ☐ ☐ perceive [v] - see, notice, understand
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a flaw [n] - a mistake, a weakness
• ☐ ☐ ☐ cut straight through (s/t) [exp] - deal with something directly and clearly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ undervalue [v] - think something is worth less than it really is
• ☐ ☐ ☐ misfit [adj] - not fitting in with others
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a relief pitcher [n] - a baseball player who replaces another pitcher
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a defect [n] - a problem, a weakness
• ☐ ☐ ☐ the big leagues [n] - the major leagues, the highest level of baseball
• ☐ ☐ ☐ our pen [n] - our bullpen, where relief pitchers sit during a game

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb, [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

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Billy	Peter

• This movie is about the 2002 MLB baseball season.
• Billy is the manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team.
• He just hired Peter, who uses sabermetrics to evaluate players.
• Sabermetrics uses complex math and statistics to evaluate players.
• Sabermetrics was originally made popular by Bill James.
• In 2002, almost no one in MLB used sabermetrics.

1. Billy asks Suzanne about coffee.
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   False
   
   
2. Peter moved into his office yesterday.
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   False
   
   
3. Billy originally asked Peter to evaluate fifty players.
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4. Peter thinks that the team cannot win 99 games.
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5. Peter wants to be able to evaluate players using one number.
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6. Peter says that players are often undervalued because of their nationality.
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7. Peter describes Chad Bradford as a very effective player.
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   False
   
   
8. Peter thinks that Chad Bradford is underpaid.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Many teams are interested in Chad Bradford.
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   False
   
   

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Directions: Listen again and put in all the numbers. Just use numbers (23000)!
No commas (23,000), no spaces (23000), no words (five).

• Hey, Billy, I wanted you to see these player evaluations that you asked me to do.
• I asked you to do (3).
• Yeah.
• To evaluate (3) players.
• Yeah.
• How many did you do?
• (47).
• Okay.
• Actually, (51). I don't know why I lied just then.
• Why don't you walk me through the board?
• So, using this equation in the upper left right here,
• I'm projecting that we need to win at least (99) games in order to make it to the postseason.
• We need to score at least (814) runs in order to win those games.
• And allow no more than (645) runs.
• What's this?
• This is a code that I've written for our year-to-year projections. This is building in all the intelligence that we have to project players.
• Okay.
• It's about getting things down to (1) number. Using the stats the way we read them, we'll find value in players that nobody else can see.
• People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws: age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cut straight through that.
• Billy, of the (20000) notable players for us to consider...
• I believe that there is a championship team of (25) people that we can afford because everyone else in baseball undervalues them.
• Like an island of misfit toys.
• Billy, this is Chad Bradford. He's a relief pitcher. He is one of the most undervalued players in baseball. His defect is that he throws funny. Nobody in the big leagues cares about him because he looks funny. This guy could be not just the best pitcher in our pen, but one of the most effective relief pitchers in all baseball.
• This guy should cost (3000000) a year. We can get him for (237000).

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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

1. Billy, I wanted you to see these player [ assessments, reviews ] that you asked me to do.

   [ evaluations ]

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2. Why don't you [ explain to me step by step ] the board?

   [ walk me through ]

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3. So, using this [ math formula ] in the upper left right here, I'm [ estimating, forecasting ] that we need to win at least 99 games in order to make it to the postseason.

   [ equation ] [ projecting ]

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4. It's about [ reducing to, focusing on ] one number.

   [ getting things down to ]

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5. People are [ ignored, unnoticed ] for a variety of biased reasons and perceived [ faults, weaknesses ].

   [ overlooked ] [ flaws ]

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6. Bill James and mathematics [ remove the confusion from ] that.

   [ cut straight through ]

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7. His [ fault, weakness ] is that he throws funny.

   [ defect ]

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Billy / meet / Peter / early / morning / and / ask / him / player / evaluation / he / request

Billy meets (with) Peter early in the morning and asks him for the player evaluations (that/which) he requested.

although / Billy / only / ask / three / Peter / do / fifty-one

Although Billy only asked for three, Peter did fifty-one.

he / show / Billy / equation / predict / how / game / team / need / win / reach / postseason

He shows Billy his equation [that/which] predicts how many games [a/the] team needs to win (in order) to reach the postseason.

He shows Billy his equation for predicting how many games [a/the] team needs to win (in order) to reach the postseason.

he / then / show / Billy / his / computer / code / that / use / statistics / project / player / performance

He then shows Billy his computer code that uses statistics to project player performance.

he / say / many / player / overlooked / because / bias / about / age / appearance / personality

He says (that) many players are overlooked because of biases about their age, appearance, or personality.

use / math / Peter / believe / they / can / find / undervalue / player / that / other / team / ignore

Using math, Peter believes (that) they can find undervalued players that other teams ignore.

he / introduce / relief / pitcher / who / very / effective / despite / throw / unusual / way

He introduces a relief pitcher who is very effective despite throwing in an unusual way.

Peter / explain / player / should / cost / three / million / but / they / can / sign / him / under / three / hundred / thousand

Peter explains (that) the player should cost three million, but (that) they can sign him for under three hundred thousand.

1. Can you explain Peter's philosophy? How does his approach challenge the traditional way of choosing players?
2. How does Peter try to impress his boss on his first day at his new job?
3. What do you think are some do's and don'ts on a first day at a new job?
4. Do you have any good first-day-at-job stories? If so, please share.
5. Peter says that people are overlooked for things like age, appearance, and personality. What else would you add to this list?
6. How is Peter's idea true in other jobs and industries? Can you give some examples?
7. Do you think that you have been underestimated in some aspect of your life? If so, why?