But in the book itself, he comes off as nothing short of incredible. In a postscript published in later editions of the book, the author addresses this issue, noting that the point is not that Beane is the "best" GM in baseball, only that he was successful because he made decisions based on a new way of looking at information. Opinion about the main character:īeane is a driven individual, but he ends up being depicted as nearly infallible. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. He is particularly ruthless with the Expos' Omar Minaya, another GM working with a very small budget for player salaries. In one scene he works the phones with other general managers, structuring trades among multiple teams to get the players he wants. Best scene in story:īilly Beane is not just about the stats. While Moneyball is specifically about finding better ways to evaluate baseball players, its depiction of using new techniques that seem unusual and even offensive to traditionalists changes the way you look at anything that can be evaluated: cars, employees, jobs, politicians.
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