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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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1-4962-0601-0 |
0-8032-6956-0 |
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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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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managers and fans alike have pondered this most important of baseball 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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