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The cubs way : the zen of building the best team in baseball and breaking the curse / Tom Verducci.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Three Rivers Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780804190039
  • 9780804190015
  • 9780804190022
  • 0804190011
  • 080419002X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.357 VER 23
Other classification:
  • SPO003030 | SPO003010 | SPO068000
Contents:
Prelude to seven -- Ready for change -- The first piece -- Game 1 -- The plan -- That's cub -- Game 2 -- The beast -- The recruit -- Broad Street Joey -- Game 3 -- The zen of Joe -- Game 4 -- Flipping the culture -- Game 5 -- Embrace the target -- Game 6 -- Seven -- Interlude -- Heaven.
Summary: "It took 108 years, but it really happened. The Chicago Cubs are once again world series champions. How did a team of untested young players and carefully selected veterans come together to break the longest championship drought in professional sports? Beginning with Theo Epstein's first season as team president in 2012, sportswriter Tom Verducci shows how Epstein went beyond "moneyball" thinking when planning the path to a championship. Epstein focused on the mental side of the game as much as the physical, emphasizing chemistry and character as well as statistics. To accomplish his goal, Epstein needed manager Joe Maddon, an eccentric innovator, as his counterweight on the Cubs' bench. A man who encourages themed road trips and a lack of rules to keep his team loose, Maddon mixed new age thinking with old-school leadership to help his players find their edge. The cubs way tells how key players such as Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarber, Russell, Arrieta, and Lester were deftly brought into the organization by Epstein, and guided by Maddon to outperform expectations. From Maddon's game plans to rain-delay pep talks, Verducci provides a previously unseen view from the bench, inside the locker room, and even in the owner's box. This is the world series unveiled." -- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index of names.

"It took 108 years, but it really happened. The Chicago Cubs are once again world series champions. How did a team of untested young players and carefully selected veterans come together to break the longest championship drought in professional sports? Beginning with Theo Epstein's first season as team president in 2012, sportswriter Tom Verducci shows how Epstein went beyond "moneyball" thinking when planning the path to a championship. Epstein focused on the mental side of the game as much as the physical, emphasizing chemistry and character as well as statistics. To accomplish his goal, Epstein needed manager Joe Maddon, an eccentric innovator, as his counterweight on the Cubs' bench. A man who encourages themed road trips and a lack of rules to keep his team loose, Maddon mixed new age thinking with old-school leadership to help his players find their edge. The cubs way tells how key players such as Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarber, Russell, Arrieta, and Lester were deftly brought into the organization by Epstein, and guided by Maddon to outperform expectations. From Maddon's game plans to rain-delay pep talks, Verducci provides a previously unseen view from the bench, inside the locker room, and even in the owner's box. This is the world series unveiled." -- Provided by publisher.

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