moneyball the art of winning an unfair game michael lewis

You do not need to know or care about baseball – though I defy you not to be smitten after reading the book – because like all good sports books, it is not really about sport, or even in this case about applied statistics. Full Book Name:Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Author Name:Michael Lewis Book Genre:Baseball, Business, Economics, Nonfiction, Sports ISBN 9780393324815 Date of Publication:2003 PDF / EPUB File Name:Moneyball-MichaelLewis.pdf, Moneyball-MichaelLewis. ‘Just how Oakland succeeded is a fascinating story: part thriller, part-family saga, brilliantly told. Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball, the search for new baseball knowledge-insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 4.2 (408) Paperback (Reprint) 14.49 15.95 Save 9 Hardcover 27.99 Paperback 14.49 eBook 11.99 Audiobook 0.

From there came a story he fell in love with, a story of success against the odds that demanded to be told. They'll either be the laughing stock of baseball or its vindicated underdogs.Īuthor of the bestsellers Flash Boys and The Big Short, award-winning author Michael Lewis began the journey to write Moneyball with a curiosity – a curiosity about how one of the poorest teams in baseball could win so many games. Joining with Ivy Leaguer Peter Brand, they recruit bargain players whom the scouts consider flawed but who have a knack for getting on base, scoring runs and winning games. Michael Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. Reinventing his team on a budget, he needs to outsmart the richer teams. Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets, Michael W. He has an epiphany: all conventional baseball wisdom is wrong. Moneyball is the story of the Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane. A baseball team, of all things, was at the centre of a story about the possibilities – and the limits – of human affairs.

Moneyball the art of winning an unfair game michael lewis