Michael Lewis is the author of the bestsellers Liar's Poker and The New New Thing. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, Tabitha Soren, and their two daughters.
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. Conventional wisdom long held that big name, highly athletic hitters and young pitchers with rocket arms were the ticket to success. But Beane and his staff, buoyed by massive amounts of carefully interpreted statistical data, believed that wins could be had by more affordable methods such as hitters with high on-base percentage and pitchers who get lots of ground outs. Given this information and a tight budget, Beane defied tradition and his own scouting department to build winning teams of young affordable players and inexpensive castoff veterans.
Lewis was in the room with the A's top management as they spent the summer of 2002 adding and subtracting players and he provides outstanding play-by-play. In the June player draft, Beane acquired nearly every prospect he coveted (few of whom were coveted by other teams) and at the July trading deadline he engaged in a tense battle of nerves to acquire a lefty reliever. Besides being one of the most insider accounts ever written about baseball, Moneyball is populated with fascinating characters. We meet Jeremy Brown, an overweight college catcher who most teams project to be a 15th round draft pick (Beane takes him in the first). Sidearm pitcher Chad Bradford is plucked from the White Sox triple-A club to be a key set-up man and catcher Scott Hatteberg is rebuilt as a first baseman. But the most interesting character is Beane himself. A speedy athletic can't-miss prospect who somehow missed, Beane reinvents himself as a front-office guru, relying on players completely unlike, say, Billy Beane. Lewis, one of the top nonfiction writers of his era (Liar's Poker, The New New Thing), offers highly accessible explanations of baseball stats and his roadmap of Beane's economic approach makes Moneyball an appealing reading experience for business people and sports fans alike.
塞斯·卡拉曼为《证券分析》(第六版)撰写“前言”时提到,格雷厄姆的价值投资理念不仅适用于金融市场,刘易斯撰写的《魔球》指出了它同样适用于棒球运动员市场。“无论是投资还是选择棒球运动员,没有一成不变的方法能够弄清楚其真实的价值,也没有一个很好的指标就能够衡量...
评分Moneyball--the art of winning an unfair game. 作者:Michael Lewis 科學與傳統 這是一本將社會科學理論應用於實際棒球場上的一本書,就我個人觀點,他像是一本厚厚的論文,一本經由質化研究進而實證的一本書。但實際上,這本書對於MLB一百多年的歷史,的確造常相當大的衝擊...
评分窮人的人生中. 總充滿著各種令人難堪的取捨. 而成功的竅門在於: 清楚知道你捨了什麼. 取了什麼..... 是啊. 就如窮人在現實世界中扭轉劣勢之道. 這本書講的就是 "一個沒錢的球隊. 為何能贏?". 它如何透過理性分析. 找出球賽中別人注意不到的效率. 然後用之而取勝. 職業球賽的競...
评分 评分窮人的人生中. 總充滿著各種令人難堪的取捨. 而成功的竅門在於: 清楚知道你捨了什麼. 取了什麼..... 是啊. 就如窮人在現實世界中扭轉劣勢之道. 這本書講的就是 "一個沒錢的球隊. 為何能贏?". 它如何透過理性分析. 找出球賽中別人注意不到的效率. 然後用之而取勝. 職業球賽的競...
听过一个段子,是说hatoyama yukio当年念书的时候,也写过有关如何更快捷的赢球,获得冠军的公式和paper. 讲段子的人,是hatoyama的友人,姑且信吧。 看书的感觉, 不如看电影,所以后者成功了?
评分上半年我一直怀疑我还能不能抽出时间看一场完整的棒球转播。现在?问题消失得干干净净,或者说它不应该是个问题,而是个选择。球迷就是这么回事儿。
评分比电影好看太多!
评分趣味横生,虽然还是大空头比较直白。即使是基于主观和经验的策略有了冷静的统计也会变得更加可靠。
评分值得每位职业体育爱好者阅读
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