Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
- ISBN-10
- 0393057658
- ISBN-13
- 9780393057652
- Series
- Moneyball
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Michael M. Lewis
Description
Explains how Billy Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is using a new kind of thinking to build a successful and winning baseball team without spending enormous sums of money.
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