Lewis, Michael. Moneyball: the Art of Winning an Unfair Game. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2004.
Reason read: the World Series is held in October every year. Read in honor of baseball’s biggest moment.
On the surface, Moneyball is about the Oakland Athletics baseball team. They don’t have enough money to buy the big name players and yet they keep winning. Their manager, Billy Beane, is working some kind of statistical magic. What is his secret to success? As Lewis takes his readers on a strange journey into the world of armchair pitchers and amateur baseball theorists I couldn’t help but think of a Dungeons and Dragons meets sports enthusiast group of geeks. This is truly a book with a dual audience. Moneyball, for obvious reasons, appeals to the sports fanatic, but the nerd with a mathematical slant can geek out as well. To win one must understand sabermetrics.
Author fact: Speaking of geeking out. I had a moment when I found out Lewis is married to Tabitha Soren.
Book trivia: Moneyball was made into a movie in 2011 starring Brad Pitt. You guessed it. I haven’t seen it.
Nancy said: Pearl said Moneyball turned her into an Oakland A’s fan.
BookLust Twist: from More Book Lust in the chapter called “Dewey Deconstructed: 700s” (p 71).
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