Grade A's.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
American Prospect, The, December, 2003 by Frankel, Jerry
IN HIS DISCUSSION OF Michael Lewis' Moneyball ["The American Game," October], Andrew Zimbalist has whiffed, badly. The significant positive changes brought about by the management of the Oakland A's have been surpassed only by those of the Brooklyn Dodgers' front office in the 1940s, which brought up Jackie Robinson, breaking the color barrier.
The changes brought about by the A's are already being copied in Toronto and Boston, albeit with bigger budgets. Many more ...
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