The Game
Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: viii, 648 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
The founding editor of ESPN the Magazine and Pulitzer Prize nominee presents the extraordinary inside story of baseball's last 20 years, during which the genius and struggle for power of three men saved the game from self-destruction.
Contents:
Changing of the guard (1992-1994). In Bud we trust ; A whole new world ; Inextricably linked ; Resurrection ; System failure ; For the good of the game ; Everything to lose ; Fehr strikes -- Art of the deal (1994-1996). Endgame ; Fehr's day in court ; Back to work ; New foundations ; True lies ; Dynasty ; Deal! -- Secret of success (1997-2000). Setting up shop ; Almost perfect ; Secrets ; Question of balance ; Ring for Roger ; Hope and faith ; Dollars and no sense -- Power play (2001--2003). Miller time ; More than a game ; Bud's bluff ; Trouble ahead ; New deals ; Renovations ; Tipping point ; Looking for answers ; Testing positive -- Revisionist history (2004-2007). Government intervention ; Curses ; Selig's choice ; Transfer of power ; Calling Mr. Mitchell ; Last stand ; A change in plans ; Mitchell gets his man ; Questions and answers -- Legacy (2008-2010). The more things change ; Moving on ; Road to Cooperstown.
ISBN:
9780316185882
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Baseball Pes | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [597]-630) and index.