{"product_id":"moneyball-by-michael-lewis","title":"Moneyball by Michael Lewis","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eProduct Description:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePaper quality= 70 gsm offwhite (Excellent)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCover quality= 260 gsm card\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDigitally printed, with excellent print and paper quality\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBook Synopsis:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMichael Lewis’s instant classic may be \"the most influential book on sports ever written\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e), but \"you need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy and incisiveness of [Lewis’s] thoughts about it\" (Janet Maslin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGQ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e's 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century • A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Best Book of the 21st Century (So Far)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJust before the 2002 season opens, the Oakland Athletics must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players and is written off by just about everyone—but then comes roaring back to challenge the American League record for consecutive wins. How did one of the poorest teams in baseball win so many games?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a quest to discover the answer, Michael Lewis delivers not only “the single most influential baseball book ever” (Rob Neyer, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSlate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) but also what “may be the best book ever written on business” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWeekly Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Lewis first looks to all the logical places—the front offices of major league teams, the coaches, the minds of brilliant players—but discovers the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat these numbers prove is that the traditional yardsticks of success for players and teams are fatally flawed. Even the box score misleads us by ignoring the crucial importance of the humble base-on-balls. This information had been around for years, and nobody inside Major League Baseball paid it any mind. And then came Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics. He paid attention to those numbers?with the second-lowest payroll in baseball at his disposal he had to?to conduct an astonishing experiment in finding and fielding a team that nobody else wanted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win…how can we not cheer for David?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrder your book in Pakistan from Bookshelf.pk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshelf.pk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51873815593282,"sku":null,"price":860.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8314\/2466\/files\/MoneyballbyMichaelLewis-Bookshelf.pkPakistan.jpg?v=1769244840","url":"https:\/\/book-shelf.pk\/products\/moneyball-by-michael-lewis","provider":"Bookshelf.pk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}