I've never been interested in organized sports -- or any other sport.
The only one I ever engaged in was skydiving -- you know, where first you fall and then you float, never breaking a sweat.
But this book about baseball sounds fascinating. Available from Powells:
http://www.powells.com/dose/cgi-bin/product?isbn=0393324818
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"Moneyball" by Michael Lewis is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Lewis sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win...how can we not cheer for David?