GrotonREADS 2012

Moneyball, book cover

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by Michael Lewis

Spring 2012

GrotonREADS is a community-wide program (now in its eighth year) sponsored by the GPL Endowment Trust and hosted by the Groton Public Library.

This year’s selection is Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis. Along with book discussions, a number of community events are planned for the month of March. Included, and featured, will be:

  • Bill "Spaceman" Lee, ex-Red Sox pitcher and ambassador for the game of baseball
  • Bill Littlefield, host of National Public Radio's weekly sports program, "Only a Game"
  • Sports expo with baseball exhibits from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Research Center
  • Memorabilia from the Smoller Collection of Baseball Antiques
  • Panel discussion on women in sports
  • Screenings of the movies Moneyball, Field of Dreams, and The Blind Side
  • Youth baseball coaching certification clinic. Plus interactive video games, and a radar gun timed contest for pitching

Thanks to the GPL Endowment Fund, the Library distributed 80 free copies of Moneyball at the "season opener" event on Sunday, January 8. Twenty copies of the book are available to check out at the circulation desk.


Thanks to all who participated in the GrotonREADS 2012 events!

GrotonREADS is a community-wide reading program of the Groton Public Library and is sponsored by the GPL Endowment Trust Fund.


Michael Lewis

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Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis (born 1960) is an American non-fiction author and financial journalist. His bestselling books include The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Liar's Poker, The New New Thing, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, Panic, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood, and Boomerang. He is currently a contributing editor to Vanity Fair.