This is one of the best baseball books I have ever read, and that is saying something. I love his writing style -- he is able to explain complex and insider ideas to a layperson, and he makes it interesting. Bennett Miller's adaptation of Michael Lewis' non-fiction best seller Moneyball stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, a one-time phenom who flamed out in the big leagues and now works as the GM for the Oakland Athletics, a franchise that's about to lose their three best players to free agency. Let me explain...Smart people who think outside the box are so much fun to read about.

It is more or less a primer on the way the emphasis on statistics has come to prominence in many circles around the sport, and provides insight into some of the seemingly more arcane terms around the sport, such as OBP, OPS, VORP, etc. He knew he did not have money to compete with the Yankees of the world and assembledI read Moneyball at a time when I wasn't reading too much besides preschool kids books and reread it for the baseball book club I am a part of on good reads.

I feel like I understand baseball waaaaaaaaaaaaay better because of reading this book. That's my only concern when reading this book.

Can Beane circumvent Howe, win games, make it to the 2002 Series, and stand baseball's hidebound conventions on their heads?The Oakland A's end their 2001 season with a loss in the AL fifth game of a best of five elimination series, still an admirable accomplishment seeing as the A's are considered a poor team with a payroll one-third of that of a rich team like the New York Yankees. Plus, the endless debate about the unfairness of large market vs. small market baseball had made my eyes glaze over years ago so I didn’t pay much attention to the “It breaks your heart,” A. Bartlett Giamatti wrote of baseball in a piece called “It breaks your heart,” A. Bartlett Giamatti wrote of baseball in a piece called This is a good book, but not as good as I thought it was going to be. Toward the end, though, it became a bit repetitive. Beane assembles a team of no names who, on paper, can get on base and score runs.

It's not nearly as accurate to the book as it should be, but that's an adaptation for you.Non-fiction about how Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane used sabermetrics to develop winning baseball team at less expense than the wealthier teams in the industry. I don't recommI'm reading the book right now, and being dutch (where nobody plays baseball) it is incredibly difficult to make any sense of the book. I also remember seeing the film a few years ago;Really enjoyed this, partly because reading a baseball book in October when your team is in the playoffs gives you a great high and partly because I was surprisingly and honestly fascinated by the science of sabermetrics. Moneyball for Government: The Book In 2014, a bipartisan group of current and former federal government leaders and advisors came together to write the national-bestselling book, Moneyball for Government, which encourages government to use data, evidence and evaluation to drive policy and funding decisions. Science and math have never been my strong points, but like Jurassic Park or The Martian, I was nevertheless intrigued. Published in 2003, we can see much of Beane’s philosophy being practiced now throughout the game. Like the cheesiest of summer teen movies, Michael Lewis's Moneyball tells a story of how the geeks and the freaks outsmarted the jocks. I read Moneyball at a time when I wasn't reading too much besides preschool kids books and reread it for the baseball book club I am a part of on good reads. It's not that the author repeats himself--he does not. The first half of the book was very enjoyable. For example, the main protagonist is Billy Beane, and there is another important character whose name is Billy James. That's my only concern when reading this book.

Coupled with the handful of recognizable players scattered through the book, I had a good time with this one. MONEYBALL: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Michael Lewis, Author. I guess I just like the play on the field better than the behind-the-scenes action.The major taxing of this book is not the baseball terms, but there are so many people appeared in the book, and the similarities in names are not helping.

It is more or less a primer on the way the emphasis on statistics has come to prominence in many circles around the sport, and provides insight into some of the seemingly more arcane terms around the sport, such as OBP, OPS, VORP, etc.


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