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Moneyball

The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

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Moneyball

By: Michael Lewis
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Moneyball reveals a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of Major League teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors.

In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win.... How can we not cheer for David?

©2004 Michael Lewis (P)2011 Random House
Baseball & Softball Management Management & Leadership Business Funny Witty Inspiring
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"The single most influential baseball book ever." (Rob Neyer, Slate)

"Another journalistic tour de force." (Wall Street Journal)

"Engaging, informative, and deliciously contrarian." (Washington Post)

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What a fantastic story. The ability to recognize misunderstood reality beyond the vale of conventional wisdom - like on base percentage - is one of the most important and undervalued intellectual skills. The courage to act on such perception is just as valuable and even more rare. Thanks, Michale Lewis, for putting the genius of Billy Beane and the early sabermetricians in the limelight they deserve!

Home Run!

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Loved this book, I was hooked on it right from the beginning, and I was sad when it ended because I wanted to keep following the story for another season!

Changed my view of baseball

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Not only does it show how you can approach baseball differently... you can apply this to ANY business environment.. why think IN the box.. will that ever get you ahead??

Great book!!

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very interesting storyline and high quality narration. details are great in some areas and too long in others.

I love baseball and a good story about it...

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The story and reader were engrossing and entertaining. Love Scott Brick. I will look for more narrations by Scott.

Better than the movie

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What did you love best about Moneyball?

The story that expanded upon the major motion picture, allowing readers to truly connect with the players involved and their personal backgrounds, stories and idiosyncrasies. The singular best part for me was the chapter on the draft that took the readers inside the draft room to hear the process and how Billy Beane worked his opposing GMs.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Either Ron Washington or Scott Hatteberg

What three words best describe Scott Brick’s performance?

Over-annunciating and annoying. His continual annunciation of words such as pretty as "Pret-ty," any as "An-ny," and every as "Ev-very" repeatedly broke my concentration as I then focused on how much he was over-annunciating and therefore distracted my listening.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Well, seeing as it is already a film...

Any additional comments?

Get a new narrator. I'm available.

Great story, which the film mostly encapsulated

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Classic book that helped spark major change within the sport. A must read for true baseball fans!

The book that changed the game

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Captivating book and story. I saw the movie first and decided to listen to the book. It's so much better. It has way more detail on the baseball math and player stories. If you liked the movie, you will love the book.

Way More Story Than the Movie

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Comfort food. The performance is calming and the story is perfectly paced. I listen to this at least once a year. Get it.

I keep listening to this book

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Everything you have heard about Michael Lewis is true. Interesting story that has many real world applications.

Fast, fun, informative

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