LAQ: Moneyball by Michael Lewis

1. The story Moneyball is about general manager Billy Beane, a former MLB player who never lived up to the hype scouts had for him. He manages the Oakland A's and on one of the lowest budgets in the league, puts together a team based on statistics rather than the players ability. Beane's revolutionary methods of drafting changed the way players were looked at through out the league after the A's successful season.
2. Michael Lewis chose to write about this topic because this method of using statistics to recruit players was a major turning point on how the MLB looked at players, and it all started with Billy Beane and his assistant Paul Depodesta.
3. I find that the only books that keep me intrested anymore are the ones that have anything to do with sports. I remember watching the beginning of this movie and I found it very intresting. I went to find the movie but found out there was a novel so I picked that up instead.
4. Yes, I found the book realistic because it's not doing anything unrealistic like making games close tie breakers to build drama or anything. And the fact that you can find all these people by looking them up and finding stories about them.

                                                                             People

1. I see how the author can influence how a person thinks about how the character really is. I messed it up for myself because I watched the movie first and now see Billy as a grumpy man who has alot of regrets in his life and when I read the book, I think just a kid who is easily frustrated when he can't do something right. I do see however how an author can influence how the charcater is potraited because if you haven't seen or heard from a character before, your first impressions will always be that way if you see that character anywhere else.
2. Billy Beane- he as seen as a future star in the MLB. He is untouched by any of the other high school atheletes around and has the looks that put him up there. He however deals with anger isues on it comes out when he is not able to do something right.   

         Paul Depodesta- Billy's assisant, a Harvord graduate and statician who begins determining
         players worth by using statistics. Help Billy to recruit a underbudget team that becomes very
         successful.

      3. What makes these people interesting to write about is the fact that they were underdogs. They 
          had the lowest budget to work with to put a team together and somehow managed to put one
          together. With Billy's competativeness and Paul's ideas on how to view baseball, they
          modernized one of america's favorite sports.