Street Smart Sports Management Author:Paul Martino Major League Baseball Nostradamus Makes The Call Two Years in a Row! — There is a growing baseball undercurrent surrounding a man who may be forcing the next great changes to developing winning MLB organizations. Some supporters call it a Nostradamus-like intangible prophetic intuition and detractors call it just luck but after two recent books t... more »hat correctly called out the winning formula for winning teams and also-rans in 2008 (The Official Book on the Business of Baseball General Management) and 2009 (Street Smart Sports Management), eyebrows are raised in the world of baseball.
Some of many eerily correct Paul Martino observations detailed in his books and blogs:
# Before the 2008 season Martino specifically called out one team ownership and management to raise payroll by $10million, add an ace relief pitcher, and reinforce the bench and relief in order to go from 2 players short to World Champions; the team he called out was the Phillies.
Before the 2009 season Martino pointed out:
# While the Phillies conservative fiscal approach to the game had become a strength in the worst economic crisis since the Depression, the Phillies still needed to find midseason starting pitching if they were to return to the World Series.
# Detailed how the Rangers issue is and always has been pitching, not payroll.
# Defended the Yankees spending but pointed out how weak the outfield and bench were; Martino accurately pinpointed the Yankees success was not in their spending spree but limited injuries and the OF improvements during the year. Without the Yankees outfield changes the Phillies would be two time World Champions.
# Asked why the Red Sox had been relatively clean throughout Steroid Era. Martino published his observations before Ramirez and Ortiz became spotlight center stage.
# Provided the state of the games in terms of victory-maximizers vs. profit maximizers that proved to be prophetic in terms of winners and losers in this economic climate.« less