num_pages: 288
description: A unique and refreshing ode to the little things that represent baseballs heartbeatthe player who in countless ways makes other players better.Intangiball tracks the progress of the Cincinnati Reds through five years of culture change beginning with the trades of decorated veterans Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey Jr. It also draws liberally from such character-conscious clubs as the Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals San Francisco Giants New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays. Author sportswriter and eternal fan of the game Lonnie Wheeler systematically identifies the performance-enhancing qualities (PEQs) that together comprise the communicable competitiveness that he calls teamship. Intangiball is not designed to debunk Moneyball but rather to sketch in what it left out: What order is there to a baseball world in which a struggling rookie benefits not a bit from the encouraging words of the veteran who drapes his arm around the kids shoulders; in which Derek Jeters professionalism serves none but him; in which there is no reward for hustle no edge for enthusiasm no payoff for sacrifice; in which there is no place for the ambient contributions of David Eckstein Marco Scutaro or the aging battered Scott Rolen; in which shared purpose serves no purpose? Intangibles as it turns out not only ennoble the game; they help win it. And this is the book every fan must read.
language: None
title: Intangiball: The Subtle Things That Win Baseball Games
publisher: Simon  Schuster