Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
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Book Summary Author: Michael Lewis Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2004-04 ISBN: 0393324818 Number of pages: 320 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company |
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Book Reviews of the Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Customer Review: Good Reading, Not really the facts.
Summary: 4 Stars
Michael Lewis is a great author, and really goes inside a war room in baseball. I love books about sports, and i sometimes aspire to be a baseball GM, and such.Yet i don't believe the Lews portrays many characters correctly. For example Grady Fuson (the A's old Scouting Director) drafted the likes of great pros like: Barry Zito, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Eric Chavez. Lewis gives him absolutely no credit.
Also Assistant GM Paul DePodesta has said that Lewis can over dramatize some of the things they talked about, (like the importance of stats). Lewis also doesnt state that the A's drafted some guys too high, because they couldn't afford the best guys on the market.
With all that said Moneyball is a very good read, and takes you right to the GM's office Of a great franchise