Speaking of books: Anyone else read Moneyball by Michael Lewis

The publisher is selling a hardcover copy for only $5 right now.

http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=97587

 

I have a copy - it's a pretty neat read. It's only like $13 on Amazon. You can go to his old site that he doesn't update anymore here : http://www.rawbw.com/~deano/

Dean posts on the APBRMetrics forum (where you can ape with stats and analysis) : http://sonicscentral.com/apbrmetrics/viewforum.php?f=1

Dean also posted on APBR that the hardback version of his book can be had for $5 from the publisher here :
http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/SubjectDetail.aspx?id=514

*EDIT* : d'oh... durvasa already posted the link

 

do you post on the APBRMetrics boards DoD? I am registered but rarely post, mainly cuz i'm brand new to the concepts, just having discovered it a few weeks ago. didnt realize there was this huge movement like SABRMetrics

 

No, but I read it. I'm on about 2 or 3 forums and they take up most of my time already.

 

awesome thanks for the link to the publisher.. there's an SEC book there for 5 bucks I will probably buy as well.

 

Just as an update to this, the movie has apparently been cancelled or benched for the immediate future.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090622&content_id=5466236&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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'Moneyball' movie benched by studio
Columbia Pictures pulls plug on production
By Tom Singer / MLB.com

06/22/09 12:53 PM ET

"Moneyball," the Steven Soderbergh film based on Michael Lewis' book on Oakland general manager Billy Beane, has been benched by Columbia Pictures.

Industry magazine Variety reported that the studio pulled the plug on the production, which was scheduled to begin Monday in Phoenix, based on displeasure with Soderbergh's rewrite of Steven Zaillian's original script.

Brad Pitt was to star as Beane in the project, which was also set to include numerous current and former Major Leaguers appearing as themselves.

Columbia Pictures studio head Amy Pascal officially delegated the film into "limited turnaround" status, which gives Soderbergh the chance to find another backing studio. Warner Bros. and Paramount are considered top prospects.

If a new financier doesn't emerge by the end of Monday, Variety reported, Columbia will consider options that include replacing Soderbergh, delaying the film until Pascal and the filmmaker find themselves in synch on the script or pulling the plug altogether.

Besides casting such ballplayers as David Justice and Scott Hatteberg, clips of interviews with Lenny Dykstra, Mookie Wilson and Darryl Strawberry -- teammates of Beane's with the Mets -- were to be used in "Moneyball."

Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

 

Damn. I really hope they don't scrap this Moneyball movie. Not only is this one of my favorite books but Pitt is also one of my favorite actors. Sounds like a great combo.