How the Nerds Finally Beat the Jocks

Michael Lewis' new book Moneyball is the story of how and why an extremely insulated and ossified culture—Major League Baseball—finally noticed and exploited a decades-old grassroots analytical renaissance pioneered by cranky outsiders like Bill James. James Surowiecki has an interesting (and rare) interview with James at Slate, and the valuable BaseballPrimer.com chews the fat with Lewis.