Baseball maverick
Subtitle: how Sandy Alderson revolutionized baseball and revived the Mets
By: Steve Kettmann
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780802125187
Subjects: Baseball managers; Oakland Athletics (Baseball team); San Diego Padres (Baseball team); San Diego Padres (Baseball team : National League of Professional Baseball Clubs); New York Mets (Baseball team); Biography; History
Description: "Granted unprecedented access to a working GM over several seasons, bestselling author Steve Kettmann traces Alderson's history and his renewal of the Mets despite a limited budget, through big trades that brought back high-profile prospects to the development of young aces including Matt Harvey, Zach Wheeler, and Jacob deGrom"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Updated and expanded to include the 2015 season.
Table of contents: title: Rounding a corner; title: The Marine shakes up baseball in Oakland. Khe Sanh; title: Poster boy; title: Holy Toledo!; title: Hooked up with Apple; title: Computer helps A's zap Tigers; title: The Google of baseball; title: Earthquake; title: Passing the torch; title: "Come on, Blue!". Alderson's brain trust; title: The Madoff mess; title: Winter meetings 2012; title: Spring training 2013; title: Sweep; title: Patience; title: The best day of the year; title: "Come on, Blue!"; title: Line in the Sandy. Hangin' with Jay-Z; title: The ninety-win challenge; title: Don't think; title: Fizzle; title: "Throw a goddamned fastball!"; title: Hanging by a thread; title: Back to where it all started; title: Talent unfolds; title: Zero hour for the Mets; title: A Week to Remember; title: Finally Back to the Playoffs; title: Sixty Feet, Six Inches.