by Seattle Jon (bio)
Author Michael Lewis has a knack for picking topics I enjoy -
finance![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=modmormen-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0393338827)
,
Wall Street![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=modmormen-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=039333869X)
,
baseball![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=modmormen-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0393324818)
,
football![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=modmormen-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=039333838X)
,
fatherhood![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=modmormen-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004R96SAQ)
- and writing entertaining, hard-to-put-down books about these topics. I've read all of the books linked to in the last sentence and I can honestly say I loved each one of them. Now, his books are starting to be made into movies. First came
The Blind Side![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=modmormen-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002VECM72)
, for which BYU should have also
won on Oscar. Next comes
Moneyball, the story of how the Oakland A's modernized baseball scouting with an analytical approach to assembling a team. Could this be the next great baseball movie after
The Natural![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=modmormen-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000MNOX94)
?