I recommend on the topic "The Invisible Gorilla" (it will blow your mind), which features a list of cognitive illusions. I loved the film adaptation, it adds magic and melancholy to the story. --Este texto se refere à uma edição alternativa kindle_edition The major taxing of this book is not the baseball terms, but there are so many people appeared in the book, and the similarities in names are not helping. If they appear, to put it mildly, irrational, that is to be expected every now and then. --Este texto se refere à uma edição alternativa kindle_edition. Juscelino Kubitschek, 2041, Torre E, 18° andar - São Paulo |. And after you have seen the movie, you ought to read the book.

Entregar no seu Kindle ou em outro dispositivo, "This delightfully written, lesson-laden book deserves a place of its own in the Baseball Hall of Fame." There are very good chapters, but then... Avaliado no Brasil em 29 de setembro de 2017.

Fans are much more into watching than playing the real thing live outside. Avaliado no Reino Unido em 29 de setembro de 2020. But if. If you like digging deep into all this, the book is better. --John Moe The club entry requirements can be as arbitrary as anything. This is a good book, but not as good as I thought it was going to be. W. W. Norton & Company; 1st Edição (17 março 2004). Formas de pagamento aceitas: cartões de crédito (Visa, MasterCard, Elo e American Express) e boleto. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Moneyball is ostensibly a book about Baseball, superfIcially a book about the Oakland A's (equivalent of Bolton Wanderers under Sam Allardyce) and their General Manager (equivalent of a 'Director of football') Billy Beane in the late 90's/early Noughties and how a club with scarce financial resources consistently out-performed its more wealthy rivals and it is!

Lewis was in the room with the A's top management as they spent the summer of 2002 adding and subtracting players and he provides outstanding play-by-play. This is a book packed both with wit and fascinating insight into the science of baseball (you don't need to be an enthusiast to start with but you may end up being one at the end!) To see what your friends thought of this book, It really depends how much you like baseball and the statistical/Bill James aspect. This is the fourth book I have read from Mr. Lewis.

A wee bit all over the place and rambling but more than made up for by the fascinating subject matter. ...the author seems to want to fill in the pages with a flurry of unnecessary details that are super boring to follow. Você acredita que esse item viola direitos autorais? Depois de acessar páginas de produtos, aqui você encontra um jeito fácil de voltar para as páginas pelas quais se interessou. Avaliado no Reino Unido em 22 de dezembro de 2011. I don't recomm, I'm reading the book right now, and being dutch (where nobody plays baseball) it is incredibly difficult to make any sense of the book.

I found this book extremely interesting, especially since I didn't read it until eight years after it came out, meaning I knew how all the draft picks and other players mentioned in the book panned out (a, If you haven't already seen the movie, you ought to see the movie. There are fewer sacrifices, hit & runs, and steals, and more emphasis on walks and reliance on statistical probabilities in making decisions. Como gerente geral de um dos times de menor orçamento da grande liga, Billy Beane impôs uma gestão mais racional, uma nova perspectiva sobre o beisebol, e usou um alto conhecimento em matemática para determinar o modo de jogar e selecionar os atletas contratados pela equipe.

Mas um homem se recusou a aceitar a suposta aleatoriedade de uma das maiores paixões dos americanos: o beisebol. Conheça o Top 100 na categoria Loja Kindle, Importados sobre Estatísticas de Baseball, Traduzir todas as avaliações para português, Amazon Serviços de Varejo do Brasil Ltda.

In 1990 I fulfilled a long-standing ambition and went to the first two games of the World Series. Without Lewis's typical Princetonian smugness. I don't recommend it for people who just don't know anything about baseball, it makes it a tough read, I read Moneyball at a time when I wasn't reading too much besides preschool kids books and reread it for the baseball book club I am a part of on good reads. --John Moe.

The author gives too much importance to petty stuff when the relevant is the idea behind which can be used way and beyond baseball. Refresh and try again. I loved the film adaptation, it adds magic and melancholy to the story. I've heard a few people say that you really have to understand baseball before you can enjoy the sport (rather than the occasion of drinking weak beer in a stadium with friends), and I do think that's probably true. Is this a hard book if you do not like baseball? Exemplo: +551199999999). Lewis’ focus is on Billy Bean, the GM of the Oakland Athletics. Michael Lewis follows the story of general manager Billy Bean and his 2002 Oakland As, a low budget baseball team that managed to win their division going away.

Lewis, one of the top nonfiction writers of his era (Liar's Poker, The New New Thing), offers highly accessible explanations of baseball stats and his roadmap of Beane's economic approach makes Moneyball an appealing reading experience for business people and sports fans alike. How Do Athletes’ Brains Control Their Movements? Additionally it offers an incredible perspective into the complex world of baseball stats. Having the misfortune of being a Kansas City Royals fan, I thought I’d had any interest in baseball beaten out of me by season after season of humiliation. I also remember seeing the film a few years ago; gotta watch it again. In the June player draft, Beane acquired nearly every prospect he coveted (few of whom were coveted by other teams) and at the July trading deadline he engaged in a tense battle of nerves to acquire a lefty reliever. But the most interesting character is Beane himself. Some people maybe not comfortable with the writing style in this book, jumping from one subject to another without smooth main story. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (English Edition). For example, the main protagonist is Billy Beane, and there is another important character whose name is Billy James. Moneyball provides a plausible explanation. Livros Relacionados. Tente fazer sua solicitação novamente mais tarde. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published What is remarkable is that Bean built his team focusing on sabermetrics, not home runs and RBIs.

Anyone who has an appetite for underdog stories. and a very engrossing read, highly recommended! Has phenomenal insight on the inner workings of the front office of baseball. --Este texto se refere à uma edição alternativa, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (English Edition), Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk (English Edition), Liar's Poker: From the author of the Big Short, The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World (English Edition), When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management (English Edition). Lewis goes into some detail on how Bean manages to field competitive teams almost every year under dire fiscal constraints. Picking up a rag-tag line-up of players that don't look the part for knockdown salaries - fat kids, kids that throw funny, kids that are scared to hit the ball, older players thought past their prime - they give the multi-million dollar players more than a run for their money, continually defying the odds season after season to finish near the top. I feel like I understand baseball waaaaaaaaaaaaay better because of reading this book. A speedy athletic can't-miss prospect who somehow missed, Beane reinvents himself as a front-office guru, relying on players completely unlike, say, Billy Beane. Ocorreu um erro na recuperação de seus Listas de desejos. Para calcular a classificação geral de estrelas e a análise percentual por estrela, não usamos uma média simples. Algo deu errado. The author has challenged America's Pastime with the modern world.

Avaliado no Reino Unido em 5 de dezembro de 2012.

I do not know what a walk is or a strikeout or a home run but this book proved compulsive reading. Must-read for any true baseball fan, and a source of hope for fans of small-market teams. The first half of the book was very enjoyable. The pain of looking bad is worse than the gain of making the best move.”.

But the most interesting character is Beane himself. In the June player draft, Beane acquired nearly every prospect he coveted (few of whom were coveted by other teams) and at the July trading deadline he engaged in a tense battle of nerves to acquire a lefty reliever. —Forbes. It really depends how much you like baseball and the statistical/Bill James aspect. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, (Poll Ballot) Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis - 4 stars, (Poll Ballot Tally & Decades Bingo) Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis - 5 stars, [Poll Ballot] Moneyball by Michael Lewis - 4 stars, Malcolm Gladwell Examines the Real Danger of Talking to Strangers. Because Oakland is a small-market team, Bean must use his brain to tease out the players who can help his team, at a reasonable cost. Published in 2003, we can see much of Beane’s philosophy being practiced now throughout the game. If you haven't already seen the movie, you ought to see the movie.



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