Scottsdale Public Library's Reviews > Moneyball

Confront the financial dichotomy of the American pastime. Baseball, divided between large and small market franchises, poses the intractable challenge of small payroll organizations fielding a competitive team. Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland Athletics, does not merely seek to create a winning organization, but rather transform the game and business aspects of baseball, by emphasizing the precedent of process before outcome. An essential read for all baseball fanatics, Michael Lewis demonstrates the truth of Bill James words, that to most readily affect change, "It wasn't better to be an outsider, it was necessary." -- Stephen A.