Moneyball
by Michael Lewis
Taste attributes: documentarysportsbusinessbiographyfresh & originalrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringunderdog triumphsgame/competition
Boxlist takeA grounded non-fiction book, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
"This delightfully written, lesson-laden book deserves a place of its own in the Baseball Hall of Fame." ―Forbes 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.
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- Author
- Michael Lewis
- Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 317
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- Open Library
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