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Informationen zum Autor Mark L. Armour is the author of Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball, the editor of The Great Eight: The 1975 Cincinnati Reds, and a coeditor of Pitching, Defense, and Three-Run Homers: The 1970 Baltimore Orioles, all available from the University of Nebraska Press. Winner of the 2015 Bob Davids Award from the Society of American Baseball Research, Daniel R. Levitt is the author of Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees’ First Dynasty (Nebraska, 2008) and The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball: The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy. He is the coauthor (with Mark L. Armour) of Paths to Glory: How Great Baseball Teams Got That Way. Klappentext Mark L. Armour is the author of Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball! the editor of The Great Eight: The 1975 Cincinnati Reds! and a coeditor of Pitching! Defense! and Three-Run Homers: The 1970 Baltimore Orioles! all available from the University of Nebraska Press. Winner of the 2015 Bob Davids Award from the Society of American Baseball Research! Daniel R. Levitt is the author of Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees’ First Dynasty (Nebraska! 2008) and The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball: The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy. He is the coauthor (with Mark L. Armour) of Paths to Glory: How Great Baseball Teams Got That Way. Zusammenfassung The 1936 Yankees! the 1963 Dodgers! the 1975 Reds! the 2010 Giants - why do some baseball teams win while others don't? In Pursuit of Pennants examines and analyses 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Charts Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Professional Management1. Owner-Operator 2. Field Manager 3. General Manager 4. Executive 5. Farm System 6. Organization Part 2. General Manager Ascendant7. Dodger Way 8. Dynasty 9. Integration 10. Commitment 11. Excellence Rewarded 12. Amateur Draft 13. The Machine Part 3. New Order14. Long Road Back 15. Expansion 16. Free Agency 17. The Zoo 18. Many Rivers Part 4. Businessmen19. Winning Now 20. Analytics 21. Post-Moneyball 22. Modern Game Appendix Notes Index ...
