Astroball

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The inside story of the Houston Astros, whose relentless innovation took them from the worst team in baseball to the World Series in 2017 and 2019

"Reiter's superb narrative of how the team got there provides powerful insights into how organizations--not just baseball clubs--work best."--The Wall Street Journal

Astroball picks up where Michael Lewis's acclaimed Moneyball leaves off, telling the thrilling story of a championship team that pushed both the sport and business of baseball to the next level. In 2014, the Astros were the worst baseball team in half a century, but just three years later they defied critics to win a stunning World Series. In this book, Ben Reiter shows how the Astros built a system that avoided the stats-versus-scouts divide by giving the human factor a key role in their decision-making. Sitting at the nexus of sports, business, and innovation, Astroball is the story of the next wave of thinking in baseball and beyond, at once a remarkable underdog tale and a fascinating look at the cutting edge of evaluating and optimizing human potential.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Povestea interioara a Houston Astros, a carei inovatie implacabila i-a dus de la cea mai proasta echipa din baseball la World Series in 2017 si 2019 "Naratiunea superba a lui Reiter despre modul in care echipa a ajuns acolo ofera informatii puternice despre modul in care organizatiile ... nu doar cluburile de baseball - functioneaza cel mai bine. "- The Wall Street Journal Astroball reiese de unde renunta la aclamatul Moneyball al lui Michael Lewis, spunand povestea palpitanta a unei echipe de campionat care a impins atat sportul, cat si afacerile baseballului la nivelul urmator.