No Snivelling

Finished reading Moneyball today -- tale of Billy Beane's brilliance with building a statistically-generated major league ballclub -- found most of the story a bit tiring, as it was bending over backward to focus on the brilliance of the A's moves -- trouble was that noone could believe that the didn't make any mistakes; think it would have had more credibility if it covered some of their boners as well. One thing that I thought was very interesting about it was how it is applicable for non-baseball players -- issues like "doubting your own abilities", how important image is to being successful, impact of attitude, etc. In any case, despite it's weaknesses, I recommend it for anyone who enjoys watching baseball from time to time; I know that it will make baseball more interesting to me going forward. (And, as I'm typing this, the A's just gave up a home run to the Rangers... isn't that appropriate? Given that Moneyball is about the A's? :) )