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1、Moneyball:TheArtofWinninganUnfairGameMichaelLewisForBillyFitzgeraldIcanstillhearhimshoutingatmeLatelyinawreckofaCalifornianship,oneofthepassengersfastenedabeltabouthimwithtwohundredpoundsofgoldinit,withwhichhewasfoundafterwardsatthebottom.Now,ashewassinking-hadhethegol
2、d?orthegoldhim?—JohnRuskin,UntoThisLastPrefaceIwrotethisbookbecauseIfellinlovewithastory.Thestoryconcernedasmallgroupofundervaluedprofessionalbaseballplayersandexecutives,manyofwhomhadbeenrejectedasunfitforthebigleagues,whohadturnedthemselvesintooneofthemostsuccessfulf
3、ranchisesinMajorLeagueBaseball.ButtheideaforthebookcamewellbeforeIhadgoodreasontowriteit—beforeIhadastorytofallinlovewith.Itbegan,really,withaninnocentquestion:howdidoneofthepoorestteamsinbaseball,theOaklandAthletics,winsomanygames?Formorethanadecadethepeoplewhorunprof
4、essionalbaseballhavearguedthatthegamewasceasingtobeanathleticcompetitionandbecomingafinancialone.Thegapbetweenrichandpoorinbaseballwasfargreaterthaninanyotherprofessionalsport,andwideningrapidly.Attheopeningofthe2002season,therichestteam,theNewYorkYankees,hadapayrollof
5、$126millionwhilethetwopoorestteams,theOaklandA'sandtheTampaBayDevilRays,hadpayrollsoflessthanathirdofthat,about$40million.Adecadebefore,thehighestpayrollteam,theNewYorkMets,hadspentabout$44milliononbaseballplayersandthelowestpayrollteam,theClevelandIndians,abitmorethan
6、$8million.Therawdisparitiesmeantthatonlytherichteamscouldaffordthebestplayers.Apoorteamcouldaffordonlythemaimedandtheinept,andwasalmostcertaintofail.Orsoarguedthepeoplewhoranbaseball.AndIwasinclinedtoconcedethepoint.Thepeoplewiththemostmoneyoftenwin.Butwhenyoulookedatw
7、hatactuallyhadhappenedoverthepastfewyears,youhadtowonder.Thebottomofeachdivisionwaslitteredwithteams—theRangers,theOrioles,theDodgers,theMets—thathadspenthugesumsandfailedspectacularly.OntheotherendofthespectrumwasOakland.Forthepastseveralyears,workingwitheitherthelowe
8、stornexttolowestpayrollinthegame,theOaklandA'shadwonmoreregularseasongamesthananyotherteam,excepttheAtlantaBraves.The
