Money Ball - Michael Lewis

[Kraven]

Saw the movie.  Thought it was great.  I highly recommend it.  They did about as good of a job as they could translating the book to film.  My wife enjoyed it as well and isn't a big baseball fan and really doesn't know that much about it.  It probably doesn't hurt that a very fit Brad Pitt is in nearly every scene.  My only criticism would be that it's probably a bit too long.  A few parts could have been slimmed down a little bit.

[zippy1]

I was a foreign graduate student studying in US back in 1990 and saw a book called "1985 Bill James Abstract" in the university library.  It really opened my eyes.

I did not know at the time that basedball can be analyzed in a structured way. I would not have guessed that it will become accepted by the pro baseball teams.  I think reading about Bill James' work prepared me for accepting value investing later.

If you can find some of those early Bill James' abstracts, it is definitely wrothing reading for its way of thinking.

[Liberty]

Just started reading the book (saw the movie a few months ago). Definitely all about identifying value and separating price from value. Good to revisit these themes over and over again...

[Liberty]

All right, I've now finished it. Great book, surprisingly inspiring and emotional in part, but also contains lots of ideas that can be applied to investing.

[ubuy2wron]

I saw the movie first liked it a lot read the book second and I loved the book. An amusing story, the day after I saw the movie I was out with the Mrs. shoe shopping (her favorite pastime) and in the store was the girl who played Brad Pitts daughter in Money Ball. She is from Vancouver it was her first role and I predict a bright career for this young lady as she truely stood out in the film.