The 2003 book “Moneyball” put the A’s on the map outside of the world of baseball fans; the Michael Lewis classic (now a movie starring Brad Pitt) tells the story about how a team without access to as much revenue as other teams could still compete by innovating, and made the A’s a model not just for other baseball teams, but for other ... More @Wikipedia
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