That's pretty cool. I've been reading BPro for a long time, glad to see him moving on to bigger & better things, and I couldn't think of a better front office to do it with.

Suck on it, Beane.

It seemed to me that Woolner was the behind the scenes guy that pulled everything together, and that is what he will do for the tribe. Is my reading correct?

Don't get me wrong with this post.  I like this a lot although I honestly am unfamiliar with Woolner's work - I'll trust ya'll that it's a good thing.  It's just I think we crossed some kinda of line in fandom when we post and get excited for what basically amounts to a stats guy getting a job with the team.  I wouldn't be surprised if we could name  6 people not named Shapiro/Antonetti from the FO off the top of our collective heads.  

Oh, Woolner doesn't count.

A good line from a reader of Baseball Think Factory:

"This is terrible news for Baseball Prospectus, its readers, the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers, the Minnesota Twins, and the Kansas City Royals."

Apparently Keith "invented" VORP?  News to me.  That's awesome.

... Trot Nixon can't be too happy, though.

As for Keith Law, he's an ex-BPro writer who had a stint with the Blue Jays front office from 2002-2006.

This article was jogged in my memory when I read the diary.  This move makes a lot of sense when backdropped by that article.

Met Woolner at a pizza feed in Oakland.  Very nice guy, and the other BP guys deferred to him like he was the smartest guy in the room.  He had a stack of papers with him, while the other guys were just shooting from the hip.  Very mild mannered.  In my opinion, great move.

and sausage to more non-traditional toppings like anchovies, sardines, ham, and bacon.  :-)