Money Ball Was a Big Change for Me

Mike Downey: Money ball was a big change for me too. How are the goddamn oakland ays, with a 38 million dollar payroll, winning more games than the yankees? And then you read that book and it answers a question. That was what was so revolatory about that book is it was like jeopardy. You got, you had the answer first, and the answer was, the as are great. Then you read thatbook and got the question, which was, how are they doing this? He says money ball helped him understand who baseball's greatest players were. "The proof is in the pudding, not just one year," he says.