Response to Editorial by Bryan and Rafferty

he commentary on our article “Radical HRM Innovation and Competitive Advantage: The Moneyball Story” by Drs. Dick Bryan and Michael Rafferty provides a welcome opportunity to further explore the ideas we originally presented. The purpose of our article was “to investigate the Moneyball story to glean what lessons are contained therein . . . concerning innovation, resistance to change, and competitive advantage” (p. 112). The commentators’ points focus on the particular innovation that was implemented by the Oakland A’s—sabermetrics. Our response, therefore, also focuses on this aspect of our article. While Dr. Bryan’s and Dr. Rafferty’s points were not laid out in a point-by-point manner, our reading indicates that they focus on three areas: generalizability, the criterion problem, and pricing. We address each of these independently.