The book provides a detailed and insightful look into the innovative strategies of baseball. It is praised for its depth and analysis.
This review delves into the detailed analysis provided by Lewis on the transformations in baseball strategies. The reviewer appreciates the depth of the study and the way it contrasts different approaches to the game. They find the book to be insightful and informative, highlighting how it goes beyond the surface-level narrative to explore the broader implications of the new methods. The reviewer enjoys the way Lewis brings the characters and their stories to life, making the technical aspects of the game understandable and engaging.
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Lewis goes into great detail as to what happened to Beane as a study in contrasts between drafting guys like him and the new way the A's began.
Underdogs rejoice
It was not a general interest in American baseball that prompted me to borrow Moneyball by Michael Lewis.