Author: Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Major League Baseball Awards
Author: Fame: Alex Rodriguez
Author: Publisher: Bluewater Productions
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Alex Rodriguez has made his name in both baseball and the tabloids over the last twenty years, playing for a number of Major League Baseball teams, always staying in the public eye. Take a look at his earliest days on through his most recent escapades and get the inside scoop on this possible legend of baseball.
The Extra 2%
Author: Jonah KeriPublisher: ESPN
ISBN: 0345517733
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens—the culmination of one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history. In The Extra 2%, financial journalist and sportswriter Jonah Keri chronicles the remarkable story of one team’s Cinderella journey from divisional doormat to World Series contender. When former Goldman Sachs colleagues Stuart Sternberg and Matthew Silverman assumed control of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005, it looked as if they were buying the baseball equivalent of a penny stock. But the incoming regime came armed with a master plan: to leverage their skill at trading, valuation, and management to build a model twenty-first-century franchise that could compete with their bigger, stronger, richer rivals—and prevail. Together with “boy genius” general manager Andrew Friedman, the new Rays owners jettisoned the old ways of doing things, substituting their own innovative ideas about employee development, marketing and public relations, and personnel management. They exorcized the “devil” from the team’s nickname, developed metrics that let them take advantage of undervalued aspects of the game, like defense, and hired a forward-thinking field manager as dedicated to unconventional strategy as they were. By quantifying the game’s intangibles—that extra 2% that separates a winning organization from a losing one—they were able to deliver to Tampa Bay something that Billy Beane’s “Moneyball” had never brought to Oakland: an American League pennant. A book about what happens when you apply your business skills to your life’s passion, The Extra 2% is an informative and entertaining case study for any organization that wants to go from worst to first.
The Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records
Author: Major League BaseballPublisher: Fenn-M&S
ISBN: 9780771057342
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collects such baseball records as most grand slams in a season, highest attendance in a single season, most strikeouts in a rookie season, and most World Series hits.
Leadoff Batters of Major League Baseball
Author: Herman O. KrabbenhoftPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476609195
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Every sport has its subtleties, and in baseball, one subtlety is the batting line-up. Leadoff batters can make or break a team. Who are the men who have taken that position, and how have they performed in their important role? From 1900 through 2005, the major leagues’ leadoff batters for more than 160,000 games are covered in this reference work. The first of the book’s five parts discusses the annual records of the principal leadoff batters. Part Two identifies the principal leadoff batter for each team in each year, as well as the top career leadoff batters. Part Three presents composite statistics for those players with five or more principal leadoff batter seasons. Part Four looks at leadoff home runs, and Part Five offers essays on assorted leadoff batter achievements, such as RBIs, runs scored, and awards and honors. Appended to the text is a discussion of the accuracy of the statistics and a list of “Make It Happen” award winners.
Baseball in the American League West Division
Author: Ed EckPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1435854152
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Baseball in the American League West division has always been as wild and exciting as the Old West itself. This title in Rosens Inside Major League Baseball series takes a closer look at the Oakland As, Los Angeles Angels, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners.
Award Voting
Author: Bill DeanePublisher:
ISBN: 9780910137324
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Focus On: 100 Most Popular American League All-Stars
Author: Wikipedia contributorsPublisher: e-artnow sro
ISBN: 4057664106
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1985
Book Description
The Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records
Author: Major League BaseballPublisher: FENN-M&S
ISBN: 0771057350
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Since the first pitch was thrown, MLB has tracked the performance of every team and player, documented every hit and measured every home run. And while some plays are part of the everyday game, there are moments in baseball when a player's performance reaches a new level of greatness and new records are made. The Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records catalogs the game's most remarkable achievements, as well as some of the less traditional and quirky stats that all play a part in the game. MLB's team of in-house writers, researchers and historians have scoured the history of the game and written the most accurate, complete and definitive record of baseball stats and achievements. Major League Baseball Ultimate Book of Records documents the absolute best of the best and packs each achievement into this lavishly illustrated book where fans will be treated to never-before-seen photographs of their favourite players. Double-page spreads will show Henderson racing to second base to claim the stolen base record, while another full color spread celebrates Bond's crushing hit that set a new threshold for most home-runs. All the records are here, each with an account of events and spectacular photographs that make this truly the most spectacular baseball book ever published.
Deaf Players in Major League Baseball
Author: R.A.R. EdwardsPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147667017X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
The first deaf baseball player joined the pro ranks in 1883. By 1901, four played in the major leagues, most notably outfielder William "Dummy" Hoy and pitcher Luther "Dummy" Taylor. Along the way, deaf players developed a distinctive approach, bringing visual acuity and sign language to the sport. They crossed paths with other pioneers, including Moses Fleetwood Walker and Jackie Robinson. This book recounts their great moments in the game, from the first all-deaf barnstorming team to the only meeting of a deaf batter and a deaf pitcher in a major league game. The true story--often dismissed as legend--of Hoy, together with umpire "Silk" O'Loughlin, bringing hand signals to baseball is told.
