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Armour Mark L. |
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In pursuit of pennants : baseball operations from deadball to Moneyball / / Mark L. Armour, Daniel R. Levitt |
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Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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0-8032-7711-3 |
0-8032-3497-X |
0-8032-7710-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (883 p.) |
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Baseball teams - United States - History |
Baseball - United States - Management |
Baseball - Economic aspects - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Charts""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1. Professional Management""; ""1. Owner-Operator""; ""2. Field Manager""; ""3. General Manager""; ""4. Executive""; ""5. Farm System""; ""6. Organization""; ""Part 2. General Manager Ascendant""; ""7. Dodger Way""; ""8. Dynasty""; ""9. Integration""; ""10. Commitment""; ""11. Excellence Rewarded""; ""12. Amateur Draft""; ""13. The Machine""; ""Part 3. New Order""; ""14. Long Road Back""; ""15. Expansion"" |
""16. Free Agency""""17. The Zoo""; ""18. Many Rivers""; ""Part 4. Businessmen""; ""19. Winning Now""; ""20. Analytics""; ""21. Post-Moneyball""; ""22. Modern Game""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About Mark L. Armour""; ""About Daniel R. Levitt""; ""Illustrations"" |
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The 1936 Yankees, the 1963 Dodgers, the 1975 Reds, the 2010 Giants-why do some baseball teams win while others don't?General managers and fans alike have pondered this most important of baseball |
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questions. The Moneyball strategy is not the first example of how new ideas and innovative management have transformed the way teams are assembled. In Pursuit of Pennants examines and analyzes a number of compelling, winning baseball teams over the past hundred-plus years, focusing on their decision making and how they assembled their championship teams.Whether through scouting, integration, instructio |
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