Moneyball meets Friday Night Lights

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	• The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Michael Lewis W. W. Norton, 2007 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 147 reviews view larger image
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Moneyball meets Friday Night Lights

Michael Lewis has done it again, presenting an overview of the evolution within a sport, while providing insightful social commentary within the context of a captivating story.

Like in Moneyball, Lewis tracks the evolution of a major sport within the course of a generation; and like Friday Night Lights (by Buzz Bissinger), the social commentary about the role of sports, the values of our society, and the impact of race/wealth/privilege are presented through a heartful mosaic of incidents. I was especially impressed by the way this story highlights how unequal access to "the system" can be for kids growing up in different backgrounds (not a huge surprise), but what a case study!

I couldn't put the book down and finished at 4 am. I will concur with a previous reviewer who felt a little bamboozled by the disclosure in the afterword about Lewis's relationship with the Tuohys. On the face of it, it seems like there should have been disclosure BEFORE reading the book - allowing the reader to make of it what he would.

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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

One of the best sports books I have ever read. I enjoyed MoneyBall but could not put down this book. Fascinating.

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Great one

This is a great book about the exlposion on Left Tackle. I assume that all of us can answer the question: Why are left tackles being paid and rated so high since the past decade? We all know because they protect quaterbacks' blind side. This book explores in details the answer to the question plus the life of the most rated high school left tackle M. Oher (He almost went to NFL this year but decided to finish his senior year at Ole Miss).

This book is very educated and entertaining while trickering various emotions from Oher's life story. Football fans can't miss this.

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Best Sports Book I Have Ever Read.

Michael Lewis does it again: this time running two wonderful stories in parallel - that of a virtually-orphaned African-American child taken in by a wealthy white family that resoundingly points to nurture rather than nature as a determinant of success; and that of the revolutions in modern football that led to a reliance on the passing game. The reasoning and argumentation behind both of these stories is economic, and as always, Lewis writes with a flair and an ear for dramatization that makes what are sophisticated arguments into a compelling read - believe the story is actually being made into a movie. Terrific page turner.

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A Great Book on Lots of Levels

This is an outstanding book. Tells a story about a great young man and a great family that overcome a lot together. Fascinating as a sports story, a social commentary, inspirational to anyone who wonders if he can make a difference. And the best part is it's all true. A real page turner, more exciting than any novel.

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