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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, written by Michael Lewis, is a real-life account of Billy Beane's tenure as the General Manager for the Oakland Athletics, and his goal of turning an under .500 team with the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues into the top dogs of their division by using something not a single scout, manager, coach or front office has ever considered before: statistics.

My thoughts so far are as follows. If you're curious about modern baseball, or want to get into statistical analysis, this book does a phenominal job at examining the nerdiest sport from the nerdiest point of view. It explores the dismantiling of staunch traditionalism with modern sabermetrics, how the freedom of information can destroy hierarchies, and of course, how unsustainable the demands of effiency under Capitialism are.