Baseball maverick : how Sandy Alderson revolutionized baseball and revived the Mets

Summary: "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.

Item details

ISBN: 0802119980
ISBN: 9780802119988
Physical Description: print
viii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2015]

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Rounding a corner -- The Marine shakes up baseball in Oakland. Khe Sanh -- Poster boy -- Holy Toledo! -- Hooked up with Apple -- Computer helps A's zap Tigers -- The Google of baseball -- Earthquake -- Passing the torch -- "Come on, Blue!". Alderson's brain trust -- The Madoff mess -- Winter meetings 2012 -- Spring training 2013 -- Sweep -- Patience -- The best day of the year -- "Come on, Blue!" -- Line in the Sandy. Hangin' with Jay-Z -- The ninety-win challenge -- Don't think -- Fizzle -- "Throw a goddamned fastball!" -- Hanging by a thread -- Back to where it all started -- The future is now -- Zero hour for the Mets.