Still Diggin': 13 Memorable BASW Stories
And just cause, here's a baker's dozen of my favorite BASW stories over the years:
The Eli Experiment
If you've never read it, Michael Lewis' 2004 New York Times magazine story, "The Eli Experiment" is a good one:
Cuba Libre
Check out "Kids Not Poor in Spirit," a story about pickup baseball in Havana written by Bonnie DeSimone for the Chicago…
Moneyball Author Michael Lewis Is The Most Powerful Man In The Universe
Michael Lewis isn't just a disturbingly prolific journalist who elevated Billy Beane to mythic status. He's also a…
Deadspin's Guide To Moneyball
The much-delayed Moneyball film finally pops into your area cinemaplex today, marking one of nerds' few victories in a…
Your Field Guide To The Assorted Kerfuffles Over Moneyball, The Movie
Moneyball, the long-delayed film adaptation of Michael Lewis's book about Paul DePodesta's TI-89 and Jeremy Brown's…
Stories That Don't Suck: Self Esteem, Ballad Of Big Star, Fantasy Baseball, Michael Lewis's First First Thing
Every week, I'll excerpt a handful of stories — old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime — that I…
Yet Another Reason Not To See The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, author of the book that is currently being butchered at a theater near you, reports that…
Sandra Bullock Will Ride Michael Oher To Oscar Glory
For those in the dark, this is the movie version of Michael Lewis' book about Baltimore's No. 1 draft pick Michael Oher,…
Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made
The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script…
Billy Beane Is A Golden God: Excerpts From The Scrapped Moneyball Script
It looks like Moneyball might not be coming to the big screen anytime soon because director Steven Soderbergh tinkered…
Moneyball's Deep-Sixed
Break out the baseball puns! Columbia has dropped Steven Soderbergh's Moneyball adaptation like an overvalued,…
Moneyball’s Deep: How Baseball Prospectus Is Like The Oakland A’s
Under Billy Beane, the Oakland A's won by scraping together undervalued assets. Since the rest of baseball has started…
Michael Lewis Explains Why Your Kid Is Overvalued
An interesting Q&A with Michael Lewis covers Moneyball ("The A's have no intellectual advantage, as evidenced by their…
Of Ron Zook, Twitter And Big Swinging Dicks
Ron Zook had a busy Wednesday afternoon. First, he went to the Chicago Mercantile exchange. Then, he channeled his…
"Moneyball" Author Has A Small Penis, Cruel Family
"Daddy has a small penis!" That's according to his toddler daughter, who likes to let everyone at her day care center…
So Is Shane Battier Any Good Or Not?
As expected, there's been a lot of talk generated by that Shane Battier piece—talk that will continue until Michael…
Michael Lewis Gives The NBA Its "Moneyball"
It took me the entire weekend and most of Monday, but I finally got through Michael Lewis' epic deconstruction of Shane…
The Underrated Genius Of Shane Battier
"Moneyball" author Michael Lewis picks apart the Duke legend's unheralded NBA career. It's a long article in the NY…