num_pages: 304
description: In the spirit of Moneyball the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays offers cutting insights on baseballBuck Martinez has been in and around professional baseball for nearly fifty years as a player manager and broadcaster. Currently the play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays Martinez has witnessed enormous change in the game he loves as it has morphed from a grassroots pastime to big business. Not all of the change has been for the better and todays fans struggle to connect to their on-the-field heroes as loyalty to club and player wavers and free agency constantly changes the face of every teams roster.In Change Up Martinez offers his unique insights into how Major League Baseball might reconnect with its fanbase how the clubs might train and prepare their players for their time in The Show and how players might approach the sport in a time of sagging fan interest. Martinez isnt shy with his opinions whether they be on pitch count how to develop players through the minor-league system and even if there should be a minor-league system at all. Always entertaining ever insightful Martinez shares brilliant insights and inside pitches about summers favourite game.
language: English
title: Change Up: How to Make the Great Game of Baseball Even Better
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers