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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2004
- ISBN
- 9780393324815
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393324818
ISBN-13
9780393324815
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30258988
Product Key Features
Book Title
Moneyball : the Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Business Aspects, Baseball / General
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
9.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-005089
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
?Moneyball is the best business book Lewis has written. It may be the best business book ?anyone;?has written., It's a sports story that's actually a business story that's also a story about preconceptions. Plus, Michael Lewis's writing is so clear, readable, and highly entertaining., I understood about one in four words of ?Moneyball?, and it's still the best and most engrossing sports book I've read in years. If you know anything about baseball, you will enjoy it four times as much as I did, which means that you might explode., Rarely has the lesson of a book...had such an enormous impact....[Moneyball] showcase[s] Lewis's great gift of finding the perfect characters and narratives to animate big, complex ideas that have been hiding in plain sight., The best book of the year, [?Moneyball?] already feels like the most influential book on sports ever written. If you're a baseball fan, ?Moneyball ?is a must., Lewis has hit another one out of the park...You need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy and incisiveness of [Lewis's] thoughts about it., Ebullient, invigorating.... Provides plenty of action, both numerical and athletic, on the field and in the draft-day war room., The best book of the year, [Moneyball] already feels like the most influential book on sports ever written. If you're a baseball fan, Moneyball is a must., Lewis has hit another one out of the park.... You need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy and incisiveness of [Lewis's] thoughts about it., Moneyball is the best business book Lewis has written. It may be the best business book anyone has written., Michael Lewis's beautiful obsession with the idea of value has once again yielded gold...Moneyball explains baseball's startling new insight; that for all our dreams of blasts to the bleachers, the sport's hidden glory lies in not getting out., Michael Lewis's beautiful obsession with the idea of value has once again yielded gold.... Moneyball explains baseball's startling new insight; that for all our dreams of blasts to the bleachers, the sport's hidden glory lies in not getting out., I understood about one in four words of Moneyball, and it's still the best and most engrossing sports book I've read in years. If you know anything about baseball, you will enjoy it four times as much as I did, which means that you might explode., Michael Lewis's beautiful obsession with the idea of value has once again yielded gold.... ?Moneyball ?explains baseball's startling new insight; that for all our dreams of blasts to the bleachers, the sport's hidden glory lies in not getting out., Ebullient, invigorating...Provides plenty of action, both numerical and athletic, on the field and in the draft-day war room., By playing Boswell to Beane's Samuel Johnson, Lewis has given us one of the most enjoyable baseball books in years.
Dewey Decimal
796.357/06/91
Synopsis
Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland A's, visionary general manager Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. They are all in search of new baseball knowledge--insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money., Michael Lewis's instant classic may be "the most influential book on sports ever written" (People), but "you need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy and incisiveness of [Lewis's] thoughts about it" (Janet Maslin, New York Times). One of GQ's 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century * A Kirkus Review Best Book of the 21st Century (So Far), Just before the 2002 season opens, the Oakland Athletics must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players and is written off by just about everyone--but then comes roaring back to challenge the American League record for consecutive wins. How did one of the poorest teams in baseball win so many games? In a quest to discover the answer, Michael Lewis delivers not only "the single most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, Slate ) but also what "may be the best book ever written on business" ( Weekly Standard ). Lewis first looks to all the logical places--the front offices of major league teams, the coaches, the minds of brilliant players--but discovers 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. What these numbers prove is that the traditional yardsticks of success for players and teams are fatally flawed. Even the box score misleads us by ignoring the crucial importance of the humble base-on-balls. This information had been around for years, and nobody inside Major League Baseball paid it any mind. And then came Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics. He paid attention to those numbers?with the second-lowest payroll in baseball at his disposal he had to?to conduct an astonishing experiment in finding and fielding a team that nobody else wanted. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael 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?, "This delightfully written, lesson-laden book deserves a place of its own in the Baseball Hall of Fame." --Forbes
LC Classification Number
GV880.L49 2003
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- m***0 (286)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAwesome book with great value and amazing quality. The condition of the book upon arrival was exceptional and definitely came as described by the seller. The appearance was on point and the book was unscathed while going through transit. The shipping was good and the package had accurate tracking information while in transit. Thank you to the seller for a great transaction and experience. I look forward to doing business with you again in there future!
- c***c (539)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat seller! Great prices! Fast shipping! Great communication and packaging! Phenomenal to work with! Thank you for the item, it was as described!
- v***c (1479)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem arrived quickly even with Media Mail. Book was packaged securely. The condition was near mint, with an excellent quality and appearance. I would rate this a Fantastic value. Communication was clear, concise and quick, and the seller was very helpful. I would most certainly do business with them again. Give them a look, and buy/bid with confidence. Thank you very much for your time, attention and help. Many Thanks!!! A+A+A+A+A+