Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The book, Moneyball, has sold well over a million copies. It was a significant catalyst in spreading the sabermetric gospel in baseball offices, as well as feeding the growing popularity of sports analytics over the Internet. #2 The movie and the book both claim that the A's implemented this philosophy. It is also claimed that the strategy worked and explains why the team won an American League record twenty straight games in 2002. #3 The movie portrays the trades of Billy Beane as being based on sabermetric principles, and they are responsible for the team's turnaround. However, the facts say otherwise. #4 There are various sins of omission in the film, such as Sandy Alderson being left out of the film entirely. Alderson served as GM of the Oakland A's from 1983 through 1997, and he hired Billy Beane and made him his assistant GM in 1993.