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| 1. | New way to access talent and win...... |
| (Anchorage, Alaska USA) December 24, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| As the Boston Red Sox fan, I found this book to be utterly interesting. The
book tells the story of how the money poor Oakland A's managed to fielded a
winning team year after year on a budget which is only the third... read full review |
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| 2. | Fun read, great topic, and you might learn something too |
| (Boston, MA USA) November 15, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| As a fan of books that you can learn something from, yet are fun to read,
this is a winner. Michael Lewis does a great job of providing just the
right amount of depth for the general public on sabermatrics... read full review |
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| 3. | The future of baseball |
| (Alabama) November 6, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Hidden in baseball's past statistics is the answer to the future of
baseball. The Oakland A's have shown the way it can be done. Now one of
the guys using this same approach has gone to Boston and erased the long
time... read full review |
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| 4. | Has This Changed Baseball? |
| (pensacola, fl) October 30, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| That answer of course is yes. This was a great book that changed how
baseball teams are runned. One of Billy Beane's follewers Theo Epstien has
just won a World Series with the redsox. Billy Beane made stats like OBP
and... read full review |
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| 5. | An absolute must-read |
| (Davidson, NC USA) December 29, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Any baseball fan must read this book. It's the story of former
super-prospect and current super-GM Billy Beane, the low-budget but
successful Oakland A's, and one interesting but not transcendent 2002
season, but it's... read full review |
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| 6. | Really Enjoyable for Sports Fans or Managers |
| (Sacramento, CA) January 1, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| This is an enjoyable read, whether you are a baseball fan or not. If you
ever have to evaluate performance in any field, or if you are ever
evaluated yourself (and this includes virtually all of us), then you
should find... read full review |
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| 7. | I thought I understood baseball...... |
| (Nyon Switzerland) February 11, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Then I read "Moneyball." Michael Lewis opened my eyes to nuances of the
game I had not even considered. I played
the game, watched the
game, and read every baseball book
I could find. This one
challenged me to consider... read full review |
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| 8. | A book that's made its mark on pro ball |
| (Valley Stream, NY) January 28, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Rarely do you come across a book on pro sports like this one, that manages
to infuriate one group, enlighten another, and, at the end of the day,
have a significant impact on the sport it covered. Moneyball essentially
is... read full review |
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| 9. | Fabulous and insightful... |
| (East Coast) July 22, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| I do not know what took me so long to read this book. Lewis is one of the
better writers and this book did not disappoint.
I am a huge
sports fan. One of the issues that is ALWAYS discussed is how the little
teams (small... read full review |
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| 10. | One of the best baseball books of all time |
| (Alexandria, VA) January 10, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Lewis has written what is one of the top 5 baseball books of all time.
The book, unlike what some baseball broadcasters have said, is not
exclusively about Billy Beane. It focuses on the Oakland A's and their
different... read full review |
