MONEYBALL The Art of Winning an Unfair Game MICHAEL LEWIS by Lewis, Michael, Michael Lewis ISBN 9780393324815, 9780393338393, 9780393057652, 0393324818, 0393057658, 0393338398 instant download

MONEYBALL The Art of Winning an Unfair Game MICHAEL LEWIS by Lewis, Michael, Michael Lewis ISBN 9780393324815, 9780393338393, 9780393057652, 0393324818, 0393057658, 0393338398 instant download

This book 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. The author examines the fallacy behind the major league baseball refrain that the team with the biggest wallet is supposed to win. Over the past four years the Oakland Athletics, a major league team with a minor league payroll, have had one of the best records in the country. General Manager Billy Beene is putting into practice on the field revolutionary principles to build his team that have been concocted by geek statisticians and college professors, rather than using the old scouting technique called \"gut instinct.\" The author takes us behind the scenes with the Oakland A's, into the dugouts, and into the conference rooms where the annual Major League draft is held by conference call, and rumor mongering is par for the course as each team jockeys for position for their favored player

"one Of The Best Baseball—and Management—books Out....deserves A Place In The Baseball Hall Of Fame."—forbes

the New Yorker

the Oakland Athletics Have Reached The Post-season Playoffs Three Years In A Row, Even Though They Spend Just One Dollar For Every Three That The New York Yankees Spend. Their Secret, As Lewis's Lively Account Demonstrates, Is Not On The Field But In The Front Office, In The Shape Of The General Manager, Billy Beane. Unable To Afford The Star Hires Of His Big-spending Rivals, Beane Disdains The Received Wisdom About What Makes A Player Valuable, And Has A Passion For Neglected Statistics That Reveal How Runs Are Really Scored. Beane's Ideas Are Beginning To Attract Disciples, Most Notably At The Boston Red Sox, Who Nearly Lured Him Away From Oakland Over The Winter. At The Last Moment, Beane's Loyalty Got The Better Of Him; Besides, Moving To A Team With A Much Larger Payroll Would Have Diminished The…