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Absurdity [ab-sur-di-tee] noun/: the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world. (Latin)

Derivative/s: Absurd, Absurdly, Absurdness

-He was, from time to time, aware of the absurdity of devoting an entire adult life to the search for meaning in box scores (65).

Sabermetrician [sey-ber-mi-trish-uh n] noun/: the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.

Derivative/s: Sabermetric, SABR·met·rics.

-Claimed he was through being a sabermetrician (96).

Intellectuals [in-tl-ek-choo-uhl s] adjective/: the appealing or engaging the intellect. (Latin)

Derivative/s: Intellect, Intellectual, Intellectually.

-When you think of intellectuals influencing the course of human affairs you think of physics, or political theory, or economics (97).

Unabridged [uhn-uh-brijd] adjective/: not abridged or shortened. (Latin)

Derivative/s: n/a

-There's a new thrust about him, an unabridged expression on his face (113).

Implications [im-pli-key-shuh ns] noun/: something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood. (Latin)

Derivative/s: Implicate, Implicated, Implicating

-Even the most obscure questions about baseball, and its history, had practical implications (74).

Sophisticated [suh-fis-ti-key-tid] adjective/: altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive. (Latin)

Derivative/s: Sophisticate, Sophisticatedly

-Even after he became the owner of a real big leagues baseball team, Henry continued to play in a sophisticated fantasy league in which he deployed Jamesian tools, as he put it, “cleaned up (91).

Skeptical [skep-ti-kuh l] adjective/: having doubt.

Derivative/s: Skeptic, Skeptically

-His skeptical detachment from the world around him helped him to become a writer but it left him ill-suited to be a best-selling one (95).

Phenomenon [fi-nom-uh-non, -nuh n] adjective/: something that is impressive or extraordinary. (Greek)

Derivative/s: Phenomena, Phenomenal

-Jeremy Brown is the extreme example of the phenomenon, but there are many others (103).

Reluctantly [ri-luhk-tuh nt] adjective/: unwilling; disinclined. (Latin)

Derivative/s: Reluctant

-The Mets are taking Swisher reluctantly (106).

Implement [im-pluh-muh nt] verb: to fulfill; perform; carry out (Latin)

Derivative/s: Implementer, Implementation, Implementable

-As a result of that study, the Oakland A's front office, over the silent shrieks of their own older scouts, were about to implement a radical new idea about young men and baseball (99).

Billy James is the protagonist. Bill was an baseball writer, statistician, and a historian whose work has been widely influential. He wrote several baseballs abstract books in which he argued against conventional baseball wisdom by scientifically analyzing baseball through statistics. His work pioneered sabermetrics, the approach Billy Beane use throughout Moneyball.

Sandy Alderson is the Antagonist. Sandy is the general manager of the New York Mets. He recently served as an executive with The Oakland Athletics (San Diego Padres) and The Commissioner’s office of major league Baseball. Sandy was always complaining about what the players was and was not doing and putting them on blast.

The author use both direct and indirect characterization. He gives a little detail when the book said Billy Beane and sandy Alderson are almost like a “good cop, Bad cop”. Alderson is steady giving the player a hard time, while Billy ; still being rough like all scouts, is easier on them. Luckily the routine will pay off.

Both antagonist and protagonist influenced the team which motivated them to push harder.

Style

-the author uses all sentence types, but uses many complex sentences as well.

Tone

The tone portrayed in the book was had more of a serious tone.

Mood

-the mood was serious and a bit angry at times

Diction

-Uses simple words, and strong language which shows frustration

Point of view

-The 3rd person point of view

Characters

-Bill James, Henry Chadwick, Billy Beane, Billy Owens "O"

Expectation

-The reader expects to be entertained and learn a little something new about baseball

Time frame

-Takes us through time period of 1977-1988

Time management

-Time goes slow, which makes it difficult to understand

Victoria Beemer, Macy Ford, Shontia Ingram, Daniel Eckard, & Tanner Bell.

Moneyball

The Scouting Report

Field of Ignorance & The Jeremy Brown Blue Plate Special

Michael Lewis

Who's on First?

• The author uses an odd yet serious type of dialogue, because he's talking more about baseball statistics. The chapter doesn't really have a setting. It mainly talks about Bill James, and him being a statician. Michael Lewis changes the point-of-view when he goes from talking about playing baseball to the mathematical part of baseball. There is not any foreshadowing in this chapter. If the reader is interested he or she may continue reading if they understand baseball statistics.
• The author expresses his anger towards the baseball signings by using profanity. The setting of this chapter is in Billy Beane's office. There is also no foreshadowing in this chapter either. This chapter will connect with the reader and make them want to read more, if they are interested in the frustrations expressed,

Play-by-Play

Action Shots

-In Chapter 5 of “Moneyball” Billy Beane returns as the Oakland A’s as their new general manager. The 2002 draft is about to begin and Beane has a list of 20 players that he is really considering looking at for team members. His top priority is Nick Swisher, a hitter. Though Beane has never seen him play, he has heard a lot about him. More importantly, he has seen the statistics on Paul DePodesta’s computer. Beane does not sleep for two nights before the draft because he is so excited.

-The opening of chapter 4 starts off with Bill James, the author of the baseball pamphlets used by Sandy Anderson and, later, Billy Beane. James grew up in a small town and began writing to pass time as a night-watchman at a pork and beans factory. He promoted his first self-published and photocopies book, “1977 Baseball Abstract: Featuring 18 Categories of Statistical Information That You Just Can't Find Anywhere Else,” by taking out a one-inch advertisement in a newspaper, but unfortunately for Bill James, only seventy-five people purchased a copy.

A Little Chatter

The Roster of Players

Instant Replay

Antagonist

Protagonist

Indirect and Direct Characterizations

Connection