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THE BEST TEAM MONEY CAN BUY by Molly Knight [Hardcover] ^ NEW ^
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- Condition
- Topic
- Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
- Title
- THE BEST TEAM MONEY CAN BUY
- Special Attributes
- STORE DISPLAYED BOOK, REMAINDER MARK, LIGHT HANDLING
- ISBN
- 9781476776293
- Book Title
- Best Team Money Can Buy
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 18.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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"From the outside looking in, the Dodgers have been a bubbling cauldron of personality, talent and moods, with the occasional dollop of jealousy. In The Best Team Money Can Buy , it's as if Molly Knight ushers you behind the closed clubhouse doors to see it for yourself." --Buster Olney, ESPN News-making, inside revelations about the tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were remade from top to bottom--from the ownership of the team to management to the players on the field--becoming the most talked-about and most colorful team in baseball. In 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers were bought out of bankruptcy in the most expensive sale in sports history. Los Angeles icon Magic Johnson and his partners hoped to put together a team worthy of Hollywood: consistently entertaining. By most accounts they have succeeded, if not always in the way they might have imagined. Now Molly Knight tells the story of the Dodgers' 2013 and 2014 seasons with detailed, previously unreported revelations. She shares a behind-the-scenes account of the astonishing sale of the Dodgers, and why the team was not overpriced, as well as what the Dodgers actually knew in advance about rookie phenom and Cuban defector Yasiel Puig and how they and teammates handled him during his first two roller-coaster seasons. We learn how close manager Don Mattingly was to losing his job during the 2013 season--and how the team turned around the season in the most remarkable fifty-game stretch (42-8) of any team since World War II, before losing in the NLCS. Knight also provides a rare glimpse into the infighting and mistrust that derailed the team in 2014, and resulted in ridding the roster of difficult personalities and the hiring of a new front office. Knight also reveals new facts behind the blockbuster trade with the Red Sox . She paints an intimate portrait of star pitcher Clayton Kershaw, probably the best pitcher in the game today, including details about the record contract offer he turned down before accepting the richest contract any pitcher ever signed. Exciting, surprising, and filled with juicy details, Molly Knight's account is a must-read for baseball fans and anyone who wants the inside story of today's Los Angeles Dodgers.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1476776296
ISBN-13
9781476776293
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201598259
Product Key Features
Book Title
Best Team Money Can Buy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv875.L6k55 2015
Reviews
An entertaining chronicle of two Dodger seasons. . . . Knight supplies plenty of juicy clubhouse details., Knight delivers an elegant précis of a baseball team's season, and you don't have to be a Dodgers fan to enjoy it., Fascinating perspectives. . . . [Knight] knows her way around the clubhouse, and she writes about the game with authority., From the outside looking in, the Dodgers have been a bubbling cauldron of personality, talent and moods, with the occasional dollop of jealousy. In The Best Team Money Can Buy, it's as if Molly Knight ushers you behind the closed clubhouse doors to see it for yourself., With unprecedented access, Knight brings readers inside the clubhouse and the front office as no other writer has with any team, showing us a modern-day soap opera playing out at 60 feet 6 inches., Knight delivers an elegant prcis of a baseball team's season, and you don't have to be a Dodgers fan to enjoy it., In The Best Team Money Can Buy, Molly Knight lifts the curtain on one the premier franchises in sports, taking readers beyond the field and into the clubhouse, board rooms and homes of some of the most compelling athletes of this generation. It is a rocky path-but a rollicking ride-for a glamour team bankrolled by billionaire owners who lifted the team from bankruptcy and will try anything to win a championship. With keen observations culled from tireless reporting, Knight deftly paints an intimate, nuanced portrait of the people behind it all, bringing these characters to life as nobody has before., In The Best Team Money Can Buy, Molly Knight lifts the curtain on one the premier franchises in sports, taking readers beyond the field and into the clubhouse, board rooms and homes of some of the most compelling athletes of this generation. It is a rocky path--but a rollicking ride--for a glamour team bankrolled by billionaire owners who lifted the team from bankruptcy and will try anything to win a championship. With keen observations culled from tireless reporting, Knight deftly paints an intimate, nuanced portrait of the people behind it all, bringing these characters to life as nobody has before., Consistently absorbing. . . . Knight is a talented journalist, and there's enough tumult in these pages to hold the attention of even a casual fan., A well-written book that offers a nuanced look into the dynamics of a big league clubhouse. . . . A must-read., Entertaining . . . offers interesting anecdotes about some of baseball's most compelling figures, among them Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Don Mattingly and the enigmatic Yasiel Puig., For any self-respecting fan, putting this book down would be like trying to eat just one garlic fry. . . . An agile exploration of the Dodgers' vertiginous 2013 season. Knight had her notebook out for all of it., A compelling, well-examined book that exemplifies what occurs behind the scenes. A must-read for fans of the Dodgers and all Los Angeles sports teams. Knight's undercover work is like none other.
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2015-017287
Dewey Decimal
796.357/640979494
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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- Aug 01, 2017
Great book, very detailed and informative. GO DODGERS! ⚾️
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Great titlle about a great TEAM
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