Moneyball

In 2011 the movie Moneyball debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.  The movie, which is based on the book of the same name by author Michael Lewis, recounts the story of major league baseball’s Oakland Athletics who are having difficulty fielding competitive teams due to low revenue and owners who are reluctant to spend money.

The movie goes on to recount how Oakland’s general manager Billy Beane drafts and develops cheap, young and talented players utilizing an unconventional scouting philosophy called Sabermetrics.  This data driven model focuses on statistics like   team's on-base percentage and compromises on skills like base stealing, defense and batting average.

The movie which stars Brad Pitts has lots of ups and downs and is inspirational and motivational as it portrays how Beane wins over skeptics and doubters.

Since the movie debuted, the phrase Moneyball has become part of the vernacular in our culture.  I was reminded of this recently when I learned that a former colleague, Mark Shupe, had authored a book entitled The Moneyball Method: A Middle-Class Manifesto for Objective Investing which is profiled in this week’s book recommendation below.

If you’re interest in the movie, the following link will give you streaming information https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/ .

If you’re interested in the book, you can get more information through the following link.

https://www.amazon.com/Moneyball-Method-Middle-Class-Manifesto-Objective/dp/B0FD53LJRN