Welcome to Litsy!

Looking for a competitive edge in major league baseball without steroids or other performance enhancing drugs.

Watched the Brad Pitt adaptation of Moneyball (first time)with my dude and his family last night. He had two A‘s hats we Had to wear. It was a blast.

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@Klou

Not only is Billy Beane‘s Athletics team of the early aughts a true “David Vs. Goliath” story but it‘s also an interesting case study on how so many people could be doing something so wrong for so long due to things like “tradition”. The idea that sabermetrics could help baseball teams succeed was around since the 1970‘s and it took 30+ years for it to be implemented and now it‘s the standard for most teams. Good book, great lesson.

Lewis has always been an interesting author (ever since Liars Pokers) and this being about statistics and behavioural economics ticked many of my boxes. The story of how the Oakland A‘s one of the poorest teams in the league beat the odds by using players statistics as an indication of performance and focussing upon a set of under appreciated metrics, rather than the inferred knowledge of scouts. An interesting read after Thinking Fast and Slow.

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I'm not a baseball superfan. I enjoy the game because my Son-in-law is a superfan. I enjoy spending time with my family at MLB games and am faithfully in the bleachers as my Son-in-law and Daughter coach the Grandies in t-ball. We promised Son-in-law that if his favorite player made it into the Hall of Fame, we would go to the induction as vacation. So, I'm heading to NY this summer. Anyway, I'm getting into the spirit of things with this read.

LETTER M: Stephen King's reported net worth is $400 MILLION!!!! That's nuts! Being one of THE most famous authors I am not surprised!

#KingAToA @GarthRanzz

1) Graphic novels every time
2) hostess
3) community manager
4) marketing for publishing house
5) green tea 🍵

Honestly all my reading is to escape real life so....
Burger King at 15 for a few months but then got a really good job at our local hospital and stayed there all thru high school.
Student
Book store/either cafe or restaurant with all proceeds going to animal rescues because I‘ll have won the lottery and won‘t need the money 😉
Neither unless it‘s an iced latte and 99% of the time I won‘t drive to get one.
#manicmonday @JoScho

This book was a stretch for me: I never read books in the sports genre, and baseball is a sport I have never followed. I'm glad a reading challenge got me to read this. It was more interesting than I expected, all about using statistics to impose more impartiality on player evaluations, and how that led to the Oakland A's becoming a good team on practically no money. The stories of the individual players and management guys kept me interested.

We have slowly been making our way through the MLB stadiums. This was our first time at Citi Field and we lucked out on the weather! #gotham #mets

I'm currently listening to Moneyball on audio. This is so far out of my wheelhouse that it's speaking another language, but I'm not hating it so far. (From someone who has been known to leave minor league baseball games in the fifth inning because she's lost interest, this is high praise indeed.) My book club picked this for the #readharder challenge (a book about sports), which is how it ended up in my ears!

Here's a reading challenge for anyone ready to add some diversity into their reading life.

Good book about a new way that general managers in baseball are spending money. The analytical parts were a little dry, but overall a really good book.

My name is Hannah and I have no self control. Got a little carried away at my library's used book sale. But I made friends with the staff and found so many gems I couldn't say no to! #damnitlitsy

Good times. Can be enjoyed by non sports fans as well. A story about bucking the system and pursuing what you believe in.

I'm not sure if this counts as #FullOfAdventure for #Booktober but my friend, her brother and I went on a week long baseball roadtrip in June. We hit Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee! This picture was taken in Pittsburgh after our first game got rained out! #LetsGoMets

I did read a lot in the car when the others were driving.

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Time to get a little personal for today's #augustphotochallenge theme #booksandsports I'm normally a football girl, especially a good juicy football romance novel. A year ago my boss met with me, told me to read #moneyball and my career path totally changed. His outlook on VORP, statistics, and how to predict the future has changed not only the work I do, but my outlook about it. I'm in a much busier but happier place. #augustofpages

This one kept my interest way more than I imagined a book about baseball stats would!

Next up on Overdrive - I hope this doesn't bore me.

I enjoyed the personal side of the book, but getting through the business side was dull.