Moneyball

The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

By: Michael Lewis

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Moneyball reveals a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of Major League teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors.

In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win.... How can we not cheer for David?

©2004 Michael Lewis (P)2011 Random House

Critic reviews

"The single most influential baseball book ever." (Rob Neyer, Slate)

"Another journalistic tour de force." (Wall Street Journal)

"Engaging, informative, and deliciously contrarian." (Washington Post)

Home Run!

What a fantastic story. The ability to recognize misunderstood reality beyond the vale of conventional wisdom - like on base percentage - is one of the most important and undervalued intellectual skills. The courage to act on such perception is just as valuable and even more rare. Thanks, Michale Lewis, for putting the genius of Billy Beane and the early sabermetricians in the limelight they deserve!

Changed my view of baseball

Loved this book, I was hooked on it right from the beginning, and I was sad when it ended because I wanted to keep following the story for another season!

Great book!!

Not only does it show how you can approach baseball differently... you can apply this to ANY business environment.. why think IN the box.. will that ever get you ahead??

I love baseball and a good story about it...

very interesting storyline and high quality narration. details are great in some areas and too long in others.

Better than the movie

The story and reader were engrossing and entertaining. Love Scott Brick. I will look for more narrations by Scott.

Great story, which the film mostly encapsulated

What did you love best about Moneyball?

The story that expanded upon the major motion picture, allowing readers to truly connect with the players involved and their personal backgrounds, stories and idiosyncrasies. The singular best part for me was the chapter on the draft that took the readers inside the draft room to hear the process and how Billy Beane worked his opposing GMs.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Either Ron Washington or Scott Hatteberg

What three words best describe Scott Brick’s performance?

Over-annunciating and annoying. His continual annunciation of words such as pretty as "Pret-ty," any as "An-ny," and every as "Ev-very" repeatedly broke my concentration as I then focused on how much he was over-annunciating and therefore distracted my listening.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Well, seeing as it is already a film...

Any additional comments?

Get a new narrator. I'm available.

The book that changed the game

Classic book that helped spark major change within the sport. A must read for true baseball fans!

Way More Story Than the Movie

Captivating book and story. I saw the movie first and decided to listen to the book. It's so much better. It has way more detail on the baseball math and player stories. If you liked the movie, you will love the book.

I keep listening to this book

Comfort food. The performance is calming and the story is perfectly paced. I listen to this at least once a year. Get it.

Fast, fun, informative

Everything you have heard about Michael Lewis is true. Interesting story that has many real world applications.