GrotonREADS 2012
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, "It's 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.
A full schedule of events is as follows:
February 2, Thursday, 4:00-5:00 pm
David A Kelly, children's author of Ballpark Mysteries. Grades 1-5
March 1, Thursday, 7:30-8:30 pm
Middle School Book Group discusses Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Grades 6-8
March 6, Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm
Movie screening: Moneyball (2011)
March 8, Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm
Women in Sports
March 11, Sunday, 1:00-4:00 pm
Sports Expo Family Event, with Bill Littlefield (host of NPR's It's Only a Game) and Patrick Drane (Baseball Research Center, UMass Lowell). Event will included demonstrations, food, interactive games, music, and memorabilia displays.
March 13, Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm
Movie screening: Field of Dreams (1989)
March 15, Thursday, 7:00-9:00 pm
Bill "Spaceman" Lee, Ex-Red Sox pitcher & baseball ambassador
March 15, Thursday, 6:00-8:30 pm
High School Book Group face2face meets for read the book/see the movie: The Blind Side (2009)
March 17, Saturday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Youth Coaching Certification Clinic
March 27, Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 pm
GPL Book Group discusses the book Moneyball
More about the author
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.