MoneyBall is a novel by Michael Lewis that represents what it takes to be a great manager of a pro baseball team. A man named Billy Beane turned a losing team into a winner. He used a different strategy than other managers and he picked players that every other team overlooked. Billy didn’t let the appearance of each player get in the way of choosing his team. He didn’t care about the players build; he just wanted a player that could get on base and score points. He looked at facts and statistics. Billy cared mainly about one “tool” which was hitting. If a player was missing that tool, or if he couldn’t get on base, he wouldn’t pick him. When Billy picked his team, everybody else thought there was no way he would be getting close to the championships, but in the end his team ended up winning most of the season games. There are 5 main tools that each scout is looking for. The five tools are the ability to run, throw, field, hit, and hitting with power. When scouts were looking for players, they carried around the checklist and the first thing they checked off was the ability to run. Billy, on the other hand didn’t care if the player was fast, he just wanted the players to get on base and score points for the team. This novel is about how Billy’s team won so many games on such a low budget. Because he chose players that no one else wanted, he was able to pay them a lesser salary. What all of his players had in common was their ability to get on base. He looked at each player’s strongest attribute and used this to the team’s advantage. Because of this he was able to create a winning team despite the fact that each player was not strong in all areas of baseball. The thesis of this novel is that Billy was a great manager of the Oakland A baseball team and he ended up picking one of the best teams in the country because of the fact that he looked at statistics instead of appearances. Michael Lewis’ bias was that Billy was a man who knew how to run a baseball team. He was one of the best in the country. He knew how to pick players that would end up being one of the best teams because of their ability to work together as a team. If he wasn’t such a great manager of the Oakland As, there would have been no chance that the team would have done so well since they all had their flaws. This is a fact because if Billy didn’t go off of statistics for choosing his team then he wouldn’t have been able to get such a great team of players on such a low budget since other managers looked at appearances. Michael Lewis believed that the team won so many games because of what Billy did, as a manager, that was so different from all other managers. In this novel Michael Lewis conveyed many strong points throughout the novel. The text structure of this novel really helped with the development of it. I like how it related well with the thesis of this novel. The text structure that related best with MoneyBall was the cause and effect. This is because it was all about how Billy changed the way people looked at the players. Just because someone doesn’t look like they’re good at baseball doesn’t mean they aren’t. Billy focused on statistics instead of appearances and statistics are proof that something works. It's a great novel for sports. This is because it really shows people how to be a better manager for a baseball team. It also teaches people not to judge on appearances because they might surprise you in the end. Billy chose people for his team that had flaws with the way they presented themselves but Billy managed to pull the team together and make them work as a team for an advantage. Each person had a skill to offer to the sport whether it was fielding, pitching or catching so Billy kept that in mind and placed the players where they would work best as a team. They all helped each other win the most games in the season. If it wasn’t for Billy’s great knowledge towards the game and the fact that he was one of the best players of his time before he retired young, the Oakland A’s wouldn’t have stood a chance of winning so many games.
The book Moneyball is about a professional baseball player, Billy Beane, who was a good player in high school and college. Out of college, he was drafted by Oakland Athletics. Beane decided he wanted to become the General Manager of the A¿s after he had played for them for a few years. As a player, he learned that he did not want to be an actual baseball player; he wanted to be the person who picked the players that would make the team. When he became the General Manager for the Oakland Athletics, he developed a strategy to form a baseball team out of players that other teams did not necessarily want. Beane used players¿ high school and college statistics to choose the good players that he wanted and ones that would sign for less money.
MoneyBall is a novel by Michael Lewis that represents what it takes to be a great manager of a pro baseball team. A man named Billy Beane turned a losing team into a winner. He used a different strategy than other managers and he picked players that every other team overlooked. Billy didn’t let the appearance of each player get in the way of choosing his team. He didn’t care about the players build; he just wanted a player that could get on base and score points. He looked at facts and statistics. Billy cared mainly about one “tool” which was hitting. If a player was missing that tool, or if he couldn’t get on base, he wouldn’t pick him. When Billy picked his team, everybody else thought there was no way he would be getting close to the championships, but in the end his team ended up winning most of the season games. There are 5 main tools that each scout is looking for. The five tools are the ability to run, throw, field, hit, and hitting with power. When scouts were looking for players, they carried around the checklist and the first thing they checked off was the ability to run. Billy, on the other hand didn’t care if the player was fast, he just wanted the players to get on base and score points for the team. This novel is about how Billy’s team won so many games on such a low budget. Because he chose players that no one else wanted, he was able to pay them a lesser salary. What all of his players had in common was their ability to get on base. He looked at each player’s strongest attribute and used this to the team’s advantage. Because of this he was able to create a winning team despite the fact that each player was not strong in all areas of baseball. The thesis of this novel is that Billy was a great manager of the Oakland A baseball team and he ended up picking one of the best teams in the country because of the fact that he looked at statistics instead of appearances. Michael Lewis’ bias was that Billy was a man who knew how to run a baseball team. He was one of the best in the country. He knew how to pick players that would end up being one of the best teams because of their ability to work together as a team. If he wasn’t such a great manager of the Oakland As, there would have been no chance that the team would have done so well since they all had their flaws. This is a fact because if Billy didn’t go off of statistics for choosing his team then he wouldn’t have been able to get such a great team of players on such a low budget since other managers looked at appearances. Michael Lewis believed that the team won so many games because of what Billy did, as a manager, that was so different from all other managers. In this novel Michael Lewis conveyed many strong points throughout the novel. The text structure of this novel really helped with the development of it. I like how it related well with the thesis of this novel. The text structure that related best with MoneyBall was the cause and effect. This is because it was all about how Billy changed the way people looked at the players. Just because someone doesn’t look like they’re good at baseball doesn’t mean they aren’t. Billy focused on statistics instead of appearances and statistics are proof that something works. It's a great novel for sports. This is because it really shows people how to be a better manager for a baseball team. It also teaches people not to judge on appearances because they might surprise you in the end. Billy chose people for his team that had flaws with the way they presented themselves but Billy managed to pull the team together and make them work as a team for an advantage. Each person had a skill to offer to the sport whether it was fielding, pitching or catching so Billy kept that in mind and placed the players where they would work best as a team. They all helped each other win the most games in the season. If it wasn’t for Billy’s great knowledge towards the game and the fact that he was one of the best players of his time before he retired young, the Oakland A’s wouldn’t have stood a chance of winning so many games.
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