Conventional wisdom long held that big name, highly athletic hitters and young pitchers with rocket arms were the ticket to success. Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had a problem: how to win in the Major Leagues with a budget that's smaller than that of nearly every other team. Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball and a tale of the search for new baseball knowledgeâ€â€insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money. He signs undervalued players whom the scouts consider flawed but who have a knack for getting on base, scoring runs, and winning games. Reinventing his team on a budget, he needs to outsmart the richer teams. Lewis has hit another one out of the park.†â€â€Janet Maslin, New York Times Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s general manager, is leading a revolution. “You need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy.
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