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| Author: Michael Lewis |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
ISBN-10: 0393338398
ISBN-13: 9780393338393
Buy.com Sku: 220346216
Publish Date: 8/22/2011
Buy.com Sales Rank: 44375
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 8.25H x 5.5L x 1T
Pages:
317
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| You need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy . . . and incisiveness of [Moneyball]. Lewis has hit another one out of the park. Janet Maslin, New York Times |
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From the Publisher:
Explains how Billy Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is using a new kind of thinking to build a successful and winning baseball team without spending enormous sums of money. |
Annotation:
Michael Lewis, the noted author of LIAR'S POKER and THE NEW NEW THING, examines the financial philosophy that Billy Beane, GM for the Oakland Athletics, has made famous. MONEYBALL explores how the A's, a perennial favorite, can outplay teams that spend twice as much on players' salaries, and what the thinking is behind their success. The story of a team and their manager, and the strategies that enabled them to beat the system, make for a most enjoyable book, even for non-fans. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
Michael Lewis, the noted author of LIAR'S POKER and THE NEW NEW THING, examines the financial philosophy that Billy Beane, GM for the Oakland Athletics, has made famous. MONEYBALL explores how the A's, a perennial favorite, can outplay teams that spend twice as much on players' salaries, and what the thinking is behind their success. The story of a team and their manager, and the strategies that enabled them to beat the system, make for a most enjoyable book, even for non-fans. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
"[F]ascinating....Lewis's book is a rare, perhaps uniquely successful attempt to combine the two [hero worship and the day-to-day reality of a ballplayer's life]. It is an uplifting tale, full of engaging characters, presided over by the remarkable figure of Billy Beane, truly a man apart."
- David Runciman
02/19/2004
"[Lewis's] descriptive writing allows Beane and the others in the lively cast of baseball characters to come alive."
04/28/2003
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