Robert Birnbaum: As long as we are in the belly of the beast, let's talk about Billy Beane's courtship by the Red Sox. As he asks (and answers) in what follows, “How many truly original stories does baseball produce?” Moneyball is certainly that and more. It is greatly to Lewis' credit that he has put together a book about baseball that is appealing to long-time fans as well as those recently attracted by the game's charms. Moneyball is a well-researched, well-written look at the methodology and the people (mainly general manager Billy Beane) who help make a small-budget baseball team (the Oakland Athletics) extremely competitive in the big money world of Major League baseball. He is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, a contributor to Slate and a columnist for Bloomberg News, and he has also done work for "Nightline" and "This American Life." Michael Lewis lives in Berkeley, California with his family. That experience led to his first book, Liar's Poker. He attended Princeton University and The London School of Economics and has been an investment banker for Salomon Brothers. Michael Lewis is the author of Liar's Poker, The Money Culture, Pacific Rift, Losers, The New New Thing, Next and now Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.
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