A very enjoyable read - particularly impressive given its subject, although that said, despite my disinterest in baseball, I was probably a fairly sympathetic audience. Lewis' sympathies are clearly with Billy Beane and his willingness to bring 'efficiency' to the game - there's no suggestion that his statistical methods are anathema to the spirit of the sport, or that they suck the joy out of it - but much of the fascination of the book is the way it interweaves the tales of all of the 'players'...managers, fans (and fanatics), number-crunchers, and the players themselves.
(the film)
(the film)
