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Baseball Maverick

How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets

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In 2010, the New York Mets were in trouble. One of baseball’s most valuable franchises, they had recently suffered an embarrassing September collapse and two bitter losing seasons. Their GM had made costly mistakes. And their principle owners were embroiled in the largest financial scam in American history.

To whom did they turn? Sandy Alderson, a former marine who served in Vietnam and graduated from Harvard Law. In 1981, Alderson started in baseball with Oakland, where he led a revolution in the sport. The A's partnered with Apple, pioneered using statistical analysis, and became a powerhouse, winning the 1989 World Series. When new owners slashed payroll in the 1990s, Alderson's under-the-radar creativity and intelligent management were thrust into the spotlight.

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. Now, the turnaround is almost complete. Baseball Maverick is a gripping, behind-the-scenes look at a Major League team and a fascinating exploration of what it means to be smart.

Publishers Weekly Review

Mar 23, 2015 – With Vietnam combat experience, a Harvard law degree, and time logged with the fabled 1980s Oakland A's in the "moneyball" era, Sandy Alderson became the GM of the limping New York Mets in 2010, with the blessing of Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig. Kettmann (One Day at Fenway) picks up the long journey of Alderson with cheerleading zeal, as the latter goes from being a Marines platoon commander in Vietnam to becoming an Ivy League mouthpiece representing a buyer for the Oakland Athletics. He then steps up as an executive for the same team, which competes in three straight World Series. The Mets, following back-to-back disappointing seasons and a lackluster former GM, welcomed Alderson with his solid baseball instincts; he stressed player development over good trades, and despite a limited budget, he featured top-ranked young talents such as Zack Wheeler, Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom. Kettmann's solid profile of the Mets' Alderson, now piloting one of the brightest teams in major league baseball, provides worthwhile insider tidbits, along with a competent view of the front office and the intriguing complexities of sports politics.
Baseball Maverick
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  • $16.99
  • Available on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac.
  • Category: Baseball
  • Published: Apr 07, 2015
  • Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
  • Seller: The Perseus Books Group, LLC
  • Print Length: 320 Pages
  • Language: English
  • Requirements: To view this book, you must have an iOS device with iBooks 1.3.1 or later and iOS 4.3.3 or later, or a Mac with iBooks 1.0 or later and OS X 10.9 or later.

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