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How to beat a broken game : the rise of the Dodgers in a league on the brink / Pedro Moura.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 253 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541701427
  • 1541701429
Other title:
  • Rise of the Dodgers in a league on the brink
Subject(s): Summary: "The inside story of how the Dodgers won their first championship in more than thirty years -- but helped cripple the sport of baseball in the process." -- Book jacket flap.Summary: "The inside story of how the Dodgers won their first championship in more than thirty years--but helped cripple the sport of baseball in the process. After years of frustrating playoff runs, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally reclaimed the World Series trophy after more than thirty years, led by star pitcher Clayton Kershaw, electric outfielder Mookie Betts, and a bevy of impressive young players assembled by team president Andrew Friedman. No team is better positioned to win now and in the future. Yet winning at modern baseball is nothing like it was even twenty years ago. In the years since the famous Moneyball revolution, baseball has grown to look less like a sport than a Wall Street firm that traded its boiler room for a field. Teams relentlessly chase every tiny advantage to win games and make money, even as it hurts fans, TV ratings, and players, courting bigger problems in the long run. This dramatic and insightful book takes you into the clubhouse with the championship players, as well as into the offices where teams constantly seek new ways to win--even when it hurts the game. How to Beat a Broken Game shows not only what it takes to win, but what it will take to save the sport." -- Book jacket flap.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 796.3576 M929 Available 33111010807234
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The inside story of how the Dodgers won their first championship in more than thirty years--but helped cripple the sport of baseball in the process



After years of frustrating playoff runs, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally reclaimed the World Series trophy after more than thirty years, led by star pitcher Clayton Kershaw, electric outfielder Mookie Betts, and a bevy of impressive young players assembled by team president Andrew Friedman. No team is better positioned to win now and in the future.



Yet winning at modern baseball is nothing like it was even twenty years ago. In the years since the famous Moneyball revolution, baseball has grown to look less like a sport than a Wall Street firm that traded its boiler room for a field. Teams relentlessly chase every tiny advantage to win games and make money, even as it hurts fans, TV ratings, and players, courting bigger problems in the long run.



This dramatic and insightful book takes you into the clubhouse with the championship players, as well as into the offices where teams constantly seek new ways to win--even when it hurts the game. How to Beat a Broken Game shows not only what it takes to win, but what it will take to save the sport.

"The inside story of how the Dodgers won their first championship in more than thirty years -- but helped cripple the sport of baseball in the process." -- Book jacket flap.

"The inside story of how the Dodgers won their first championship in more than thirty years--but helped cripple the sport of baseball in the process. After years of frustrating playoff runs, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally reclaimed the World Series trophy after more than thirty years, led by star pitcher Clayton Kershaw, electric outfielder Mookie Betts, and a bevy of impressive young players assembled by team president Andrew Friedman. No team is better positioned to win now and in the future. Yet winning at modern baseball is nothing like it was even twenty years ago. In the years since the famous Moneyball revolution, baseball has grown to look less like a sport than a Wall Street firm that traded its boiler room for a field. Teams relentlessly chase every tiny advantage to win games and make money, even as it hurts fans, TV ratings, and players, courting bigger problems in the long run. This dramatic and insightful book takes you into the clubhouse with the championship players, as well as into the offices where teams constantly seek new ways to win--even when it hurts the game. How to Beat a Broken Game shows not only what it takes to win, but what it will take to save the sport." -- Book jacket flap.

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