KitchenWitch
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Sat Mar-05-05 02:02 AM
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Has anyone read "Moneyball"? |
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I am about 1/2 way through it.
Discuss.
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pstans
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Sat Mar-05-05 02:44 AM
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1. If your talking about the baseball book |
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I have read it. It was a great book, easy read. It got me hooked on Sabermetrics and I loved the way Beane handled trade negotiations and used other GM's against each other.
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Sat Mar-05-05 02:50 AM
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Great stuff, a tad too "kiss-ass" towards the A's, but still a great book. A fabulous illustration of a unique and exemplary effort to run a "small-market" MLB team.
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KitchenWitch
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Sat Mar-05-05 02:58 AM
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There are other small market teams out there that are somewhat successful (as in - they make the playoffs). But I find some of Lewis' writing to be laugh out loud funny.
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Sat Mar-05-05 03:07 AM
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6. You got it, Twinkies fan! |
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From the brink of contraction to a perennial division winner.
Keep reading, it is an excellent book.
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Sat Mar-05-05 03:15 AM
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Now if we could do something about JRo (aka JC Romero).
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Sat Mar-05-05 03:17 AM
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8. It actually makes me want to write my own book |
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About being a fan of a baseball team in "flyover" land.
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Sat Mar-05-05 02:52 AM
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3. No, but I wish Dave Littlefield woud. |
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I'm a big reader of Baseball Prospectus :D
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Sat Mar-05-05 02:58 AM
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4. Did ya' get the 2005 edition yet? |
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Got it on Monday, and enjoying every morsel.
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