Question about Moneyball

[Tha Dynasty]

**a little spoiler warning??????**

I just finished reading it and at the end where Michael Lewis is following up on Jeremy Brown he tells a story about how he hit a homerun but though it was a liner to the gaps and thought he was going to get a triple and fell down hard...i was wondering did this really happen or was this some kind of metaphoric thingy(??)

[Crucial Mike]

Re: Question about Moneyball

I was thinking that he probably embelished it a bit, but I don't doubt it happened.

[Crucial Mike]

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I was thinking that he probably embelished it a bit, but I don't doubt it happened.

[VanCitySportsGuy]

Re: Question about Moneyball

The story is true.

BTW Micheal Lewis is currently preparing to write Underdogs which is a follow up to Moneyball. He said it will be released in 2007 at the earliest. He's spent a lot time following the picks from the initial moneyball draft. He was in Toronto when Swisher debuted.

The one thing that frustrates Lewis is that some people don't get the book. Moneyball isn't just about a high OBP and OPS

[VanCitySportsGuy]

Re: Question about Moneyball

The story is true.

BTW Micheal Lewis is currently preparing to write Underdogs which is a follow up to Moneyball. He said it will be released in 2007 at the earliest. He's spent a lot time following the picks from the initial moneyball draft. He was in Toronto when Swisher debuted.

The one thing that frustrates Lewis is that some people don't get the book. Moneyball isn't just about a high OBP and OPS

[Tha Dynasty]

Re: Question about Moneyball

long time to wait

[Tha Dynasty]

Re: Question about Moneyball

long time to wait

[Misfit]

Re: Question about Moneyball

What I don't like is how when Moneyball came out a lot of people were saying it was Beane's book or a book about him when that is incorrect. He points this out with Joe Morgan's comments about the book in his follow-up.

Moneyball was a very good read but I'm not so sure I am at all interested in a sequel of sorts. What more can be said other than what happened to these young players who were drafted? We see whats happening with them right now.

[Misfit]

Re: Question about Moneyball

What I don't like is how when Moneyball came out a lot of people were saying it was Beane's book or a book about him when that is incorrect. He points this out with Joe Morgan's comments about the book in his follow-up.

Moneyball was a very good read but I'm not so sure I am at all interested in a sequel of sorts. What more can be said other than what happened to these young players who were drafted? We see whats happening with them right now.

[pol]

Re: Question about Moneyball

The story is true.

BTW Micheal Lewis is currently preparing to write Underdogs which is a follow up to Moneyball. He said it will be released in 2007 at the earliest. He's spent a lot time following the picks from the initial moneyball draft. He was in Toronto when Swisher debuted.

The one thing that frustrates Lewis is that some people don't get the book. Moneyball isn't just about a high OBP and OPS

that sounds very interesting


i agree. it wasnt all about obp and ops.

[pol]

Re: Question about Moneyball

The story is true.

BTW Micheal Lewis is currently preparing to write Underdogs which is a follow up to Moneyball. He said it will be released in 2007 at the earliest. He's spent a lot time following the picks from the initial moneyball draft. He was in Toronto when Swisher debuted.

The one thing that frustrates Lewis is that some people don't get the book. Moneyball isn't just about a high OBP and OPS

that sounds very interesting


i agree. it wasnt all about obp and ops.

[1StUnA]

Re: Question about Moneyball

Moneyball was a very good read but I'm not so sure I am at all interested in a sequel of sorts. What more can be said other than what happened to these young players who were drafted? We see whats happening with them right now.

I guess wont be interested in the movie either

[1StUnA]

Re: Question about Moneyball

Moneyball was a very good read but I'm not so sure I am at all interested in a sequel of sorts. What more can be said other than what happened to these young players who were drafted? We see whats happening with them right now.

I guess wont be interested in the movie either

[VanCitySportsGuy]

Re: Question about Moneyball

What I don't like is how when Moneyball came out a lot of people were saying it was Beane's book or a book about him when that is incorrect. He points this out with Joe Morgan's comments about the book in his follow-up.

Moneyball was a very good read but I'm not so sure I am at all interested in a sequel of sorts. What more can be said other than what happened to these young players who were drafted? We see whats happening with them right now.

Well besides following the players I'm sure Lewis will talk about Beane's new "moneyball" method that he's using right now. And talk about the impact of the first book and other teams adopting a similar formula.

[VanCitySportsGuy]

Re: Question about Moneyball

What I don't like is how when Moneyball came out a lot of people were saying it was Beane's book or a book about him when that is incorrect. He points this out with Joe Morgan's comments about the book in his follow-up.

Moneyball was a very good read but I'm not so sure I am at all interested in a sequel of sorts. What more can be said other than what happened to these young players who were drafted? We see whats happening with them right now.

Well besides following the players I'm sure Lewis will talk about Beane's new "moneyball" method that he's using right now. And talk about the impact of the first book and other teams adopting a similar formula.