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Determination - The Key to Success

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It is not just a sport we play; its our life, our love, our ways of seeing the game. Having the courage to change a tradition could end up very successful or a waste of time. For Billy Beane he changed the way the game of baseball is played forever. Success did not lead him to a championship but did lead him to win many more games than was predicted and set a new baseball record. His determination and self-belief leads him to change the perspective of them game, break away from the normal way of doing things, and prove that believing in himself could change years of tradition in positive ways Billy Beans set a quest to change the perspective and the game of baseball. He questions, Why follow tradition? He believes Its time for a change like Barack Obama did about the economy. Having the lowest budget in the league Billy believes that he will still be able to create a championship team by looking at what is often over looked when looking at a player. Billys strong belief of his and Petes, Billys analyst, new way of looking at the game sounds like a set up for failure according to everyone because they were all brought up to believe the only way to win games is by doing what all teams been doing for centuries. His determination to prove that money isnt the key factor to winning games led him to set a new record and change many perspectives of the game. Billys determination to change traditional decisions of creating a championship team proves that original analyzing is not the only way to observe players of the game by having a dollar and a dream, (J. Cole). In other words having a vision of something big from almost nothing. The Boston Red Soxs noticed Billys value of his morals. He is then offered the highest contract in the history of baseball because his morals, but refuses the offer. His decision shows that he continued to follow his beliefs and not letting money control the game like many do. Being a leader not a follower is often

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