Moneyball

After seeing (and enjoying) the movie, “Moneyball” a few weeks ago, I decided to read the book that the movie was based on. The book is about the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their manager Billy Beane, and how he was able to build a team that could win over 100 games and make it to the playoffs on one of the MLB’s smallest budgets. I’m not too far through the book, but after seeing the movie and having a conversation with some people who have read the book, namely my dad, I have a pretty good knowledge of the story. As some people may know I’m a big baseball fan, and this book really captured my love of baseball. One thing I disagreed with the movie (I’m not sure about the book, because I haven’t gotten that far yet) was that, the movie made it seem as if the Athletics had no really good players during the 2002 season, but the fact is that they really did have several good players. I can understand that it was probably to make the movie more interesting and the story seem more extraordinary. In my opinion, the book makes an interesting topic out of something many consider boring, which is sports statistics. In closing, I am really enjoying the book, and I am excited to read more.