My book

I just started reading a new book a called A short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. This book is about the main concepts how the Earth was made and about the Universe. So far I'm enjoying the book and I'm interested in how the how we got here in the Universe. In the first few chapters there seems to be no set characters; the author just intorduces new people that relaate to the topic and a little about what they did. Recently I went to the beach and looked up at the sky. I was in wonder when gazing at the stars. I speculated how far they were away and why they were there. I'm interested to read more in depth about the galaxy.

Finishing My Choice Read Book

I recently finished my choice read book, Moneyball by Michael Lewis. Moneyball is about the behind the scenes action and business of baseball. I really enjoyed reading this book because it was interesting how the Oakland A's revolutionized the scouting and recruiting process of baseball prospects. Managers Billy Beane and Paul Depodesta used sabermetrics, a way to analyze a player's skill by evidence in stats rather than just observation. 


Even though the book was intriguing it had an unrelated ending. The ending talked about how a pitcher, Chad Bradford, made it to the pros with his one of a kind underhand style pitch. Chad Bradford was an example of how the A's acquired great undiscovered players that no teams wanted. The A's found him by his amazing high school stats, then they put him through the A's minor teams. Though Chad Bradford's story wasn't relative to the preceding chapters it was a clever way to show how all of the A's managing techniques were put in to action. 


This book also opened my eyes to how complicated baseball truly is. To really understand a baseball play you have to take into account many countless factors and luck. Before I read this book I thought baseball was a simple boring sport and I didn't like watching it. When I finished the book however I was fascinated  by the complexity of the game and I now watch it regularly. In all, this book gave me baseball knowledge as well as gave me another sport to enjoy watching!