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Moneyball

By Michael Lewis

The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. W.W. Norton and Company, 2004.

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Moneyball

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The amazing story of an American Major League Baseball team, the Oakland Athletics, whose general manager used pioneering statistical strategies, commonly called moneyball, to transform the team from unsuccessful underdogs to surprising victors.

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Who should read Moneyball

Sports fans • athletes • coaches • sports psychologists • college ballplayers aspiring to go pro • baseball aficionados

About the author of Moneyball

Financial journalist Michael Lewis received a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics. He is a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for his featured articles and two-time winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Three of his bestselling nonfiction books have been adapted into films: Moneyball, The Blindside, and The Big Short.

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