Oakland athletics shortstop cliff pennington ( top ) throws the ball to first base as seattle mariners miguel olivo slides into second base to break up a double play during the fifth inning of their american league season opening mlb baseball game in tokyo march 28 , 2012 .
As with the bestselling 2011 baseball novel the art of fielding , which takes its title from a shortstop 's manual that the novel 's protagonist cherishes , aw 's book pays homage to a fictional guidebook , secrets of a five star billionaire : the narrator imparts step-by-step tips on how to get rich .
