Moneyball

[Keyser Soze]

So I finally go around to reading Moneyball, The Art Of Winning At An Unfair game on the flight into San Antonio. The book is supposed to be about Billy Beane and how he is able to keep the A's in the top tier of baseball despite having one of the lowest payrolls. The book kind of ventures in several directions though, talking in length about Bill James, reknowned baseball analyst and writer as players and agents in Oakland's organization.

I found it interesting how the A's are basically run from the top down, the manager having little to no say in how the organization is run. Howe was basically a figurehead, causing me to question his value to the Mets.

One of the passages that made me chuckle was the story of a player who got his one and only at bat due to the regular player complaining that his hemmoroids were bothering him.

Has anyone else read this book?