Moneyball
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Book Introduction
Measuring the invisible, innovative thinking that goes beyond conventional wisdom
And the constant challenge of finding undervalued value
The Oakland Athletics are one of the poorest teams in Major League Baseball among the 30 teams.
After winning the last championship in 1989, the team fell into a state of poor performance due to poor financial conditions.
However, this team, which no one had paid attention to, performed a miracle by defeating teams from wealthy, Goliath-like teams and advancing to the postseason for four consecutive years after the appointment of the genius general manager Billy Beane.
"Moneyball" isn't simply a story of a poor baseball team's success.
Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics brilliantly blew away Major League Baseball's long-held belief that "money equals performance."
Instead, we have new standards, we give new value to things that others have overlooked, and we constantly find undervalued values.
Thus, despite the low cost, the highest efficiency could be achieved.
Billy Beane and his management style shocked the baseball world, and the financial and business worlds became enthusiastic about him.
This book contains the story of the last-place team's rebellion, considered the greatest event in the 140-year history of Major League Baseball, a great shock that shook not only the baseball world but also the financial and business worlds, and their success story that eventually led Hollywood to make a movie.
And the constant challenge of finding undervalued value
The Oakland Athletics are one of the poorest teams in Major League Baseball among the 30 teams.
After winning the last championship in 1989, the team fell into a state of poor performance due to poor financial conditions.
However, this team, which no one had paid attention to, performed a miracle by defeating teams from wealthy, Goliath-like teams and advancing to the postseason for four consecutive years after the appointment of the genius general manager Billy Beane.
"Moneyball" isn't simply a story of a poor baseball team's success.
Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics brilliantly blew away Major League Baseball's long-held belief that "money equals performance."
Instead, we have new standards, we give new value to things that others have overlooked, and we constantly find undervalued values.
Thus, despite the low cost, the highest efficiency could be achieved.
Billy Beane and his management style shocked the baseball world, and the financial and business worlds became enthusiastic about him.
This book contains the story of the last-place team's rebellion, considered the greatest event in the 140-year history of Major League Baseball, a great shock that shook not only the baseball world but also the financial and business worlds, and their success story that eventually led Hollywood to make a movie.
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index
preface
Chapter 1.
Cursed talent
Chapter 2.
pearls in the mud
Chapter 3.
new idea
Chapter 4.
Field of Ignorance
Chapter 5.
Jeremy Brown
Chapter 6.
How to Win at an Unfair Game
Chapter 7.
Jason Giambi's vacancy
Chapter 8.
First baseman Scott Hatteberg
Chapter 9.
Trade negotiation table
Chapter 10.
Another pearl
Chapter 11.
human element
Chapter 12.
Speed of thought
Epilogue _ The Badger's Activities
Behind the Publishing Story: The Religious War in Baseball
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1.
Cursed talent
Chapter 2.
pearls in the mud
Chapter 3.
new idea
Chapter 4.
Field of Ignorance
Chapter 5.
Jeremy Brown
Chapter 6.
How to Win at an Unfair Game
Chapter 7.
Jason Giambi's vacancy
Chapter 8.
First baseman Scott Hatteberg
Chapter 9.
Trade negotiation table
Chapter 10.
Another pearl
Chapter 11.
human element
Chapter 12.
Speed of thought
Epilogue _ The Badger's Activities
Behind the Publishing Story: The Religious War in Baseball
Acknowledgements
Into the book
Prior to this, in 1999, Major League Baseball Commissioner Alan Bird Selig had called the Oakland Athletics' success an "aberration."
But this expression is nothing more than an excuse and cannot answer the following question:
How did they succeed? What was their secret? How did the second-poorest professional baseball team manage to compete against incredibly wealthy teams in the regular season and win more games than all but one of the other 29 teams? One cannot help but wonder about the secret to their success, which allowed them to overcome the financial pressures of countless wealthy clubs.
I became interested in these questions and sought answers through this book. ---13p, Preface
A scout's job is to predict what kind of professional players young players will grow into.
Billy left a deep impression on these scouts.
This boy has the physique that anyone would dream of.
He was tall and straight like a pole, without an ounce of fat, and was slender but not overly thin.
Moreover, even the face hidden by the messy brown hair had a sharp appearance that the scout would like.
Some scouts say they can predict not only a young player's personality but also their future just by looking at their facial features.
They use the expression 'good face', and Billy has that 'good face'. ---26p, Chapter 1_ Cursed Talent
When asked in the draft boardroom which player most resembled a young Billy Beane, he replied:
“Hey, Mr. Writer.
There's no player like Billy Beane.
“I told you it’s nowhere to be found,” he said when asked why.
“Billy was the kind of player every scout dreams of.” And then he tacitly admitted that general manager Billy Beane was systematically excluding “the scouts’ dream players.”
But he hesitated to answer the question of what had become of the object of his unforgettable dream.
He looked up and met the eyes of Billy, now middle-aged.
Then Billy interjected, saying:
“Let’s stop there.” He pretended not to hear, but in reality he was listening.
Bogi smiled, shrugged, and said nothing. ---p. 71, Chapter 2_ Pearls in the Mud
But Billy had nothing else to do but play baseball.
In 1990, Oakland's major league team officials expected Billy to bounce between the major league bench and Triple-A after spring training.
But Billy made a different decision.
He left the dugout and went to the Oakland Athletics front office and said he wanted to work as an advance scout.
A power analyst is someone who looks at the team they will face in the future and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing team.
Billy, at the age when he was in his prime as a baseball player, decided to quit playing and become a spectator.
At the time he said:
“I always said I enjoyed the competition, but I don’t know if I really did.
“I never felt comfortable during the game.” ---90p, Chapter 3_ New Thoughts
This day will probably go down in history as the happiest day in Billy Beane's life.
It may be because he found a new way to correct the misconceptions about young players, or because he was able to remove false expectations from his life.
At the end of the day, he said with a bright smile.
“Today is probably the most exciting day of my baseball life,” he said, entering the Coliseum through the back door of his office.
He launched a massive missile at a long-standing major league convention.
The name of that missile was the Oakland Athletics.
---172p, Chapter 5_ Jeremy Brown
None of the many problems that befell Billy Beane were easily solved.
It was like a difficult math problem with extra points attached.
Let's say there's a team that only has $40 million to pay 25 baseball players.
The opposing team had already set aside $126 million for 25 of its players and had even set aside an additional $100 million.
How do you spend $40 million to avoid a humiliating loss to a team like this?
Billy Beane said:
“It’s clear that we shouldn’t follow the Yankees’ path.
If you do that, you will lose every time.
“Because they run the club with three times more money than we do.”
But this expression is nothing more than an excuse and cannot answer the following question:
How did they succeed? What was their secret? How did the second-poorest professional baseball team manage to compete against incredibly wealthy teams in the regular season and win more games than all but one of the other 29 teams? One cannot help but wonder about the secret to their success, which allowed them to overcome the financial pressures of countless wealthy clubs.
I became interested in these questions and sought answers through this book. ---13p, Preface
A scout's job is to predict what kind of professional players young players will grow into.
Billy left a deep impression on these scouts.
This boy has the physique that anyone would dream of.
He was tall and straight like a pole, without an ounce of fat, and was slender but not overly thin.
Moreover, even the face hidden by the messy brown hair had a sharp appearance that the scout would like.
Some scouts say they can predict not only a young player's personality but also their future just by looking at their facial features.
They use the expression 'good face', and Billy has that 'good face'. ---26p, Chapter 1_ Cursed Talent
When asked in the draft boardroom which player most resembled a young Billy Beane, he replied:
“Hey, Mr. Writer.
There's no player like Billy Beane.
“I told you it’s nowhere to be found,” he said when asked why.
“Billy was the kind of player every scout dreams of.” And then he tacitly admitted that general manager Billy Beane was systematically excluding “the scouts’ dream players.”
But he hesitated to answer the question of what had become of the object of his unforgettable dream.
He looked up and met the eyes of Billy, now middle-aged.
Then Billy interjected, saying:
“Let’s stop there.” He pretended not to hear, but in reality he was listening.
Bogi smiled, shrugged, and said nothing. ---p. 71, Chapter 2_ Pearls in the Mud
But Billy had nothing else to do but play baseball.
In 1990, Oakland's major league team officials expected Billy to bounce between the major league bench and Triple-A after spring training.
But Billy made a different decision.
He left the dugout and went to the Oakland Athletics front office and said he wanted to work as an advance scout.
A power analyst is someone who looks at the team they will face in the future and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing team.
Billy, at the age when he was in his prime as a baseball player, decided to quit playing and become a spectator.
At the time he said:
“I always said I enjoyed the competition, but I don’t know if I really did.
“I never felt comfortable during the game.” ---90p, Chapter 3_ New Thoughts
This day will probably go down in history as the happiest day in Billy Beane's life.
It may be because he found a new way to correct the misconceptions about young players, or because he was able to remove false expectations from his life.
At the end of the day, he said with a bright smile.
“Today is probably the most exciting day of my baseball life,” he said, entering the Coliseum through the back door of his office.
He launched a massive missile at a long-standing major league convention.
The name of that missile was the Oakland Athletics.
---172p, Chapter 5_ Jeremy Brown
None of the many problems that befell Billy Beane were easily solved.
It was like a difficult math problem with extra points attached.
Let's say there's a team that only has $40 million to pay 25 baseball players.
The opposing team had already set aside $126 million for 25 of its players and had even set aside an additional $100 million.
How do you spend $40 million to avoid a humiliating loss to a team like this?
Billy Beane said:
“It’s clear that we shouldn’t follow the Yankees’ path.
If you do that, you will lose every time.
“Because they run the club with three times more money than we do.”
---175p, Chapter 6_ How to Win in an Unfair Game
Publisher's Review
Starring Brad Pitt! The original film of "Moneyball"
One of the poorest clubs, the last place team without a single star player
How did you become the best team?
It gives you the best excitement that baseball can give and amazing insight into management.
A masterpiece by the 'genius storyteller' Michael Lewis
Since its publication in 2003, it has been an Amazon.com and New York Times bestseller for eight consecutive years.
A major shock to the baseball world! A must-read for America's top executives!
A bestseller that captivated the financial and business worlds, and eventually even Hollywood.
The most miraculous comeback drama in the 140-year history of Major League Baseball.
Today, professional sports have become a competition of capital rather than the sport itself.
Rich clubs use their financial power to attract the best players, achieve better results, and make more profits based on those results.
And with the money earned this way, they buy good players again.
On the other hand, poor clubs cannot keep talented players.
I can't afford that player's increasing value.
Rich clubs bring these players to their teams with their ample financial resources.
And the team does well.
This phenomenon is becoming more severe in professional sports.
This trend is most evident in the American professional baseball major league.
Is it really impossible for a poor team to beat a rich team?
The Oakland Athletics are one of the poorest teams in Major League Baseball among the 30 teams.
After winning the last championship in 1989, the team fell into a state of poor performance due to poor financial conditions.
However, this team, which no one had paid attention to, performed a miracle by defeating teams from wealthy, Goliath-like teams and advancing to the postseason for four consecutive years after the appointment of the genius general manager Billy Beane.
Billy Beane and his management style shocked the baseball world, and the financial and business worlds became enthusiastic about him.
The rebellion of the last-place team, considered the greatest event in the 140-year history of Major League Baseball, a great shock that shook not only the baseball world but also the financial and business worlds, and their success story that eventually led Hollywood to make a movie.
This book uncovers the fascinating secrets behind it.
$40 million vs. $126 million
At the start of the 2002 season, the Oakland Athletics, the poorest team in Major League Baseball, had a total payroll of $40 million.
By comparison, the richest team, the New York Yankees, spent three times that amount, $126 million.
Given the influence of money in sports today, it's no wonder the Oakland Athletics are underperforming compared to the New York Yankees.
But that year, Oakland had a remarkable run, winning 103 games, equaling the Yankees' total.
What's even more surprising is that this poor team made it to the postseason four years in a row from 2000 to 2003.
How was this possible? If A and B produced the same results despite a cost difference of more than three times, which one would be considered more efficient? The answer is self-evident.
Of course, spending less money is more efficient.
So how did Oakland achieve this? Behind the scenes, there's a man known as "Billy Beane," a genius general manager in Major League Baseball.
From top prospect to poor player to best general manager
Who is Billy Beane? In 2007, Forbes named him the best general manager in Major League Baseball, and in 2009, Sports Illustrated (SI) named him one of the 10 best general managers in all sports over the past decade.
In 2004, the American financial monthly magazine 'Smart Money' selected the 30 power elite with the greatest influence on the American economy, and included Billy Beane along with Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
Among the 30 people, Billy Beane was the only one not related to economics and finance.
The then US President George W.
The fact that Billy Beane was included on this list while even Bush was not shows how highly Wall Street regarded his abilities.
In fact, Billy Beane was the top prospect recognized by all scouts when he was young.
He was a five-tool player, an all-rounder in baseball, and was far superior to other players his age.
Thus, he was selected 23rd overall in the first round by the New York Mets in the 1980 draft.
But contrary to everyone's expectations, his performance in the major leagues was disappointing.
Although he was undoubtedly an outstanding player in terms of talent, he showed weaknesses in mental aspects and was unable to display his abilities.
Billy Beane played for four teams over six seasons after his major league debut in 1984, but he only played in 148 games during that time.
A team plays a total of 160 games in a single season, but Billy Beane never played a full season in his entire career.
In the end, he retired with a career batting average of .219, 66 hits, 29 RBIs, and 3 home runs, a performance that was too poor to be called that of a player who was once a top prospect.
After retiring from playing, Billy Beane began working as a power analyst.
Afterwards, he served as an assistant to the general manager and finally became the general manager of the Oakland Athletics in 1998.
In fact, the Athletics were a prestigious team that won a total of nine World Series championships (including three consecutive championships from 1972 to 1974), including their last championship in 1989.
However, after the 1990s, the club's tight finances prevented it from recruiting good players, which ultimately resulted in it becoming a weak team.
Billy Beane took over the team during this time, and after he took over, the team gradually improved and began to attract a lot of attention by making it to the postseason four times in a row from 2000 to 2003.
Measuring the invisible, innovative thinking that goes beyond conventional wisdom
And the constant challenge of finding undervalued value
Billy Beane did not accept the standards and methods by which the traditional baseball world evaluated players.
Even though he himself was a former player, he rejected all the conventions and prejudices of the baseball world.
By the existing player evaluation standards, he was an outstanding prospect who was the envy of all scouts, but his career as a player ended in failure.
Billy Beane saw himself as a clear example of the flaws in the old ways.
Another reason Billy Beane rejected the old ways was the club's poor financial situation.
The Oakland Athletics are one of the poorest teams in Major League Baseball and cannot afford the astronomical player salaries.
So, all Billy Beane and the Athletics could do was to bring in promising rookies with low prices or undervalued players that other teams weren't paying attention to at a low cost.
The players Billy Beane brought in were clearly players who had some sort of 'problem' or deficiency from a conventional perspective.
For example, traditional player evaluations place importance on batting average, home runs, and stolen bases, and therefore focus on a player's natural strength and speed.
But Billy Beane thought those factors were overrated.
Instead, we focus on things like on-base percentage and slugging percentage, which no one considers statistically important.
Because other teams that evaluated players by conventional standards overlooked these abilities, Billy Beane was able to bring in these players at low prices, and they actually performed well.
And by trading players who performed well to other teams at high prices, they could use the money or draft picks they earned to acquire players who met their standards.
This is why Auckland was able to achieve such remarkable results despite its poor financial situation.
Brad Pitt to star in a film adaptation
"Moneyball" isn't simply a story of a poor baseball team's success.
Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics brilliantly blew away Major League Baseball's long-held belief that "money equals performance."
Instead, we have new standards, we give new value to things that others have overlooked, and we constantly find undervalued values.
Thus, despite the low cost, the highest efficiency could be achieved.
It is for this very reason that this book is attracting attention not only in the baseball world but also in many other fields.
And finally, the allure of baseball as a thrilling success story and the ultimate emotion it can offer has even captivated Hollywood.
The film of the same name, starring world-renowned star and actor Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, is receiving positive reviews from both experts and the general public, including being a box office hit and reaching number one on its opening day in the United States.
With the film slated for domestic release on November 17th, attention is focused on how the original, solid story based on a true story will be portrayed on screen.
"If you love baseball, this is a must-read." —Kathleen McGigan, Newsweek
"Full of delightful lessons and countless lessons, this book deserves a place in the Hall of Fame." _Rich Kilgard, Forbes
"A remarkable achievement in both reporting and writing." —Mark Emmons, San Jose Mercury News
"Michael Lewis has written what may well be the greatest book on baseball." —Steve Weinberg, Orlando Sentinel
“A fascinating and enlightening book, filled with surprising anecdotes.” —Will Ringo, Baseball America
“Lewis has made a great story even more great.” —Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, The New Republic
“Moneyball, the best book of the year, is more influential than any other book in sports.
If you're a baseball fan, Moneyball is a must-read." _People
What does it take to transform a boring subject like baseball statistics into a compelling life story that even those who dislike baseball and reading can't put down? The answer: in-depth research, brilliant conceptual thinking, a rich sense of humor, and an abundance of talent.
So, Michael Lewis is the answer.
“Moneyball is his greatest work to date.” _Tom Wolff
“Lewis hits another out-of-the-park home run.......
Even someone who knows nothing about baseball will have no trouble appreciating the unerring sharpness, wit, and economical nature of Lewis's approach to baseball.
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Moneyball is Lewis’s best business book.
“It may be the best business book of all time.” _Mark Gerson, Weekly Standard
"Full of delightful lessons and countless lessons, this book deserves a place in the Hall of Fame." _Rich Kilgard, Forbes
“Even though I only understood half the words in Moneyball, it was one of the most captivating and best sports books I've read in years.
If you know anything about baseball, you'll enjoy this book four times more than I did, and you'll be bursting with excitement." _Nick Hornby, 'The Believer'
“A wonderfully informative and entertaining book.
“It’s so exciting it makes me jealous.” —Josh Benson, The New York Observer
One of the poorest clubs, the last place team without a single star player
How did you become the best team?
It gives you the best excitement that baseball can give and amazing insight into management.
A masterpiece by the 'genius storyteller' Michael Lewis
Since its publication in 2003, it has been an Amazon.com and New York Times bestseller for eight consecutive years.
A major shock to the baseball world! A must-read for America's top executives!
A bestseller that captivated the financial and business worlds, and eventually even Hollywood.
The most miraculous comeback drama in the 140-year history of Major League Baseball.
Today, professional sports have become a competition of capital rather than the sport itself.
Rich clubs use their financial power to attract the best players, achieve better results, and make more profits based on those results.
And with the money earned this way, they buy good players again.
On the other hand, poor clubs cannot keep talented players.
I can't afford that player's increasing value.
Rich clubs bring these players to their teams with their ample financial resources.
And the team does well.
This phenomenon is becoming more severe in professional sports.
This trend is most evident in the American professional baseball major league.
Is it really impossible for a poor team to beat a rich team?
The Oakland Athletics are one of the poorest teams in Major League Baseball among the 30 teams.
After winning the last championship in 1989, the team fell into a state of poor performance due to poor financial conditions.
However, this team, which no one had paid attention to, performed a miracle by defeating teams from wealthy, Goliath-like teams and advancing to the postseason for four consecutive years after the appointment of the genius general manager Billy Beane.
Billy Beane and his management style shocked the baseball world, and the financial and business worlds became enthusiastic about him.
The rebellion of the last-place team, considered the greatest event in the 140-year history of Major League Baseball, a great shock that shook not only the baseball world but also the financial and business worlds, and their success story that eventually led Hollywood to make a movie.
This book uncovers the fascinating secrets behind it.
$40 million vs. $126 million
At the start of the 2002 season, the Oakland Athletics, the poorest team in Major League Baseball, had a total payroll of $40 million.
By comparison, the richest team, the New York Yankees, spent three times that amount, $126 million.
Given the influence of money in sports today, it's no wonder the Oakland Athletics are underperforming compared to the New York Yankees.
But that year, Oakland had a remarkable run, winning 103 games, equaling the Yankees' total.
What's even more surprising is that this poor team made it to the postseason four years in a row from 2000 to 2003.
How was this possible? If A and B produced the same results despite a cost difference of more than three times, which one would be considered more efficient? The answer is self-evident.
Of course, spending less money is more efficient.
So how did Oakland achieve this? Behind the scenes, there's a man known as "Billy Beane," a genius general manager in Major League Baseball.
From top prospect to poor player to best general manager
Who is Billy Beane? In 2007, Forbes named him the best general manager in Major League Baseball, and in 2009, Sports Illustrated (SI) named him one of the 10 best general managers in all sports over the past decade.
In 2004, the American financial monthly magazine 'Smart Money' selected the 30 power elite with the greatest influence on the American economy, and included Billy Beane along with Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
Among the 30 people, Billy Beane was the only one not related to economics and finance.
The then US President George W.
The fact that Billy Beane was included on this list while even Bush was not shows how highly Wall Street regarded his abilities.
In fact, Billy Beane was the top prospect recognized by all scouts when he was young.
He was a five-tool player, an all-rounder in baseball, and was far superior to other players his age.
Thus, he was selected 23rd overall in the first round by the New York Mets in the 1980 draft.
But contrary to everyone's expectations, his performance in the major leagues was disappointing.
Although he was undoubtedly an outstanding player in terms of talent, he showed weaknesses in mental aspects and was unable to display his abilities.
Billy Beane played for four teams over six seasons after his major league debut in 1984, but he only played in 148 games during that time.
A team plays a total of 160 games in a single season, but Billy Beane never played a full season in his entire career.
In the end, he retired with a career batting average of .219, 66 hits, 29 RBIs, and 3 home runs, a performance that was too poor to be called that of a player who was once a top prospect.
After retiring from playing, Billy Beane began working as a power analyst.
Afterwards, he served as an assistant to the general manager and finally became the general manager of the Oakland Athletics in 1998.
In fact, the Athletics were a prestigious team that won a total of nine World Series championships (including three consecutive championships from 1972 to 1974), including their last championship in 1989.
However, after the 1990s, the club's tight finances prevented it from recruiting good players, which ultimately resulted in it becoming a weak team.
Billy Beane took over the team during this time, and after he took over, the team gradually improved and began to attract a lot of attention by making it to the postseason four times in a row from 2000 to 2003.
Measuring the invisible, innovative thinking that goes beyond conventional wisdom
And the constant challenge of finding undervalued value
Billy Beane did not accept the standards and methods by which the traditional baseball world evaluated players.
Even though he himself was a former player, he rejected all the conventions and prejudices of the baseball world.
By the existing player evaluation standards, he was an outstanding prospect who was the envy of all scouts, but his career as a player ended in failure.
Billy Beane saw himself as a clear example of the flaws in the old ways.
Another reason Billy Beane rejected the old ways was the club's poor financial situation.
The Oakland Athletics are one of the poorest teams in Major League Baseball and cannot afford the astronomical player salaries.
So, all Billy Beane and the Athletics could do was to bring in promising rookies with low prices or undervalued players that other teams weren't paying attention to at a low cost.
The players Billy Beane brought in were clearly players who had some sort of 'problem' or deficiency from a conventional perspective.
For example, traditional player evaluations place importance on batting average, home runs, and stolen bases, and therefore focus on a player's natural strength and speed.
But Billy Beane thought those factors were overrated.
Instead, we focus on things like on-base percentage and slugging percentage, which no one considers statistically important.
Because other teams that evaluated players by conventional standards overlooked these abilities, Billy Beane was able to bring in these players at low prices, and they actually performed well.
And by trading players who performed well to other teams at high prices, they could use the money or draft picks they earned to acquire players who met their standards.
This is why Auckland was able to achieve such remarkable results despite its poor financial situation.
Brad Pitt to star in a film adaptation
"Moneyball" isn't simply a story of a poor baseball team's success.
Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics brilliantly blew away Major League Baseball's long-held belief that "money equals performance."
Instead, we have new standards, we give new value to things that others have overlooked, and we constantly find undervalued values.
Thus, despite the low cost, the highest efficiency could be achieved.
It is for this very reason that this book is attracting attention not only in the baseball world but also in many other fields.
And finally, the allure of baseball as a thrilling success story and the ultimate emotion it can offer has even captivated Hollywood.
The film of the same name, starring world-renowned star and actor Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, is receiving positive reviews from both experts and the general public, including being a box office hit and reaching number one on its opening day in the United States.
With the film slated for domestic release on November 17th, attention is focused on how the original, solid story based on a true story will be portrayed on screen.
"If you love baseball, this is a must-read." —Kathleen McGigan, Newsweek
"Full of delightful lessons and countless lessons, this book deserves a place in the Hall of Fame." _Rich Kilgard, Forbes
"A remarkable achievement in both reporting and writing." —Mark Emmons, San Jose Mercury News
"Michael Lewis has written what may well be the greatest book on baseball." —Steve Weinberg, Orlando Sentinel
“A fascinating and enlightening book, filled with surprising anecdotes.” —Will Ringo, Baseball America
“Lewis has made a great story even more great.” —Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, The New Republic
“Moneyball, the best book of the year, is more influential than any other book in sports.
If you're a baseball fan, Moneyball is a must-read." _People
What does it take to transform a boring subject like baseball statistics into a compelling life story that even those who dislike baseball and reading can't put down? The answer: in-depth research, brilliant conceptual thinking, a rich sense of humor, and an abundance of talent.
So, Michael Lewis is the answer.
“Moneyball is his greatest work to date.” _Tom Wolff
“Lewis hits another out-of-the-park home run.......
Even someone who knows nothing about baseball will have no trouble appreciating the unerring sharpness, wit, and economical nature of Lewis's approach to baseball.
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Moneyball is Lewis’s best business book.
“It may be the best business book of all time.” _Mark Gerson, Weekly Standard
"Full of delightful lessons and countless lessons, this book deserves a place in the Hall of Fame." _Rich Kilgard, Forbes
“Even though I only understood half the words in Moneyball, it was one of the most captivating and best sports books I've read in years.
If you know anything about baseball, you'll enjoy this book four times more than I did, and you'll be bursting with excitement." _Nick Hornby, 'The Believer'
“A wonderfully informative and entertaining book.
“It’s so exciting it makes me jealous.” —Josh Benson, The New York Observer
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: October 21, 2011
- Page count, weight, size: 424 pages | 612g | 153*224*30mm
- ISBN13: 9788962603170
- ISBN10: 8962603179
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