Astroball
The New Way to Win It All
New York : Crown Archetype, [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xviii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The inside story of the Houston Astros, whose relentless innovation took them from the worst team in baseball to the World Series in 2017 and 2019
"Reiter's superb narrative of how the team got there provides powerful insights into how organizations--not just baseball clubs--work best."-- The Wall Street Journal
Astroball picks up where Michael Lewis's acclaimed Moneyball leaves off, telling the thrilling story of a championship team that pushed both the sport and business of baseball to the next level. In 2014, the Astros were the worst baseball team in half a century, but just three years later they defied critics to win a stunning World Series. In this book, Ben Reiter shows how the Astros built a system that avoided the stats-versus-scouts divide by giving the human factor a key role in their decision-making. Sitting at the nexus of sports, business, and innovation, Astroball is the story of the next wave of thinking in baseball and beyond, at once a remarkable underdog tale and a fascinating look at the cutting edge of evaluating and optimizing human potential.
"Reiter's superb narrative of how the team got there provides powerful insights into how organizations--not just baseball clubs--work best."-- The Wall Street Journal
Astroball picks up where Michael Lewis's acclaimed Moneyball leaves off, telling the thrilling story of a championship team that pushed both the sport and business of baseball to the next level. In 2014, the Astros were the worst baseball team in half a century, but just three years later they defied critics to win a stunning World Series. In this book, Ben Reiter shows how the Astros built a system that avoided the stats-versus-scouts divide by giving the human factor a key role in their decision-making. Sitting at the nexus of sports, business, and innovation, Astroball is the story of the next wave of thinking in baseball and beyond, at once a remarkable underdog tale and a fascinating look at the cutting edge of evaluating and optimizing human potential.
Contents:
Preface: Thank you for the laugh -- Prologue: The judge -- Gut feels -- The nerd cave -- Graceful beast -- Growth mindset -- Peyton Manning on a surfboard -- Summer of setbacks -- In search of Carlos Beltrán -- Two seconds to spare -- The series -- Conclusion: Astroworld.
Subjects:
Houston Astros (Baseball team) -- History.
Houston Astros (Baseball team) -- Statistics.
Baseball -- Statistics.
Houston Astros (Baseball team) -- History.
Houston Astros (Baseball team) -- Statistics.
Baseball -- Statistics.
ISBN:
9780525576648 (Hardcover : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Baseball Rei | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |