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"Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmake..." — Douglas Rushkoff
Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmakers but general managers in hiring players. So the amateur fantasists ended up creating some of the algorithms that Oakland GM Billy Bean's statisticians used to win games with less salary money available for star players.
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