The Cardinals Way: How One Team Embraced Tradition And Moneyball At The Same Time
by Howard Megdal /
2016 / English / EPUB
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The St. Louis Cardinals have experienced the kind of success that
is rare in baseball. Regarded by many as the premier organization
in Major League Baseball, they not only win, but do so with an
apparently bottomless pool of talent, one that is mostly
homegrown.
The St. Louis Cardinals have experienced the kind of success that
is rare in baseball. Regarded by many as the premier organization
in Major League Baseball, they not only win, but do so with an
apparently bottomless pool of talent, one that is mostly
homegrown.
Despite years of phenomenal achievements, including going to the
World Series in 2004 and again in 2006, the Cardinals reinvented
themselves using the "Cardinal Way," a term that has come to
represent many things to fans, media, and other organizations,
from an ironclad code of conduct to the team's cutting-edge use
of statistic and analytics, and a farm system that has
transformed baseball.
Despite years of phenomenal achievements, including going to the
World Series in 2004 and again in 2006, the Cardinals reinvented
themselves using the "Cardinal Way," a term that has come to
represent many things to fans, media, and other organizations,
from an ironclad code of conduct to the team's cutting-edge use
of statistic and analytics, and a farm system that has
transformed baseball.
Baseball journalist Howard Megdal takes fans behind the scenes
and off the field, interviewing dozens of key players within the
Cardinals organization, including owner Bill DeWitt and the
general manager John Mozeliak. Megdal reveals how the players are
assessed and groomed using an unrivaled player development system
that has created a franchise that is the envy of the baseball
world.
Baseball journalist Howard Megdal takes fans behind the scenes
and off the field, interviewing dozens of key players within the
Cardinals organization, including owner Bill DeWitt and the
general manager John Mozeliak. Megdal reveals how the players are
assessed and groomed using an unrivaled player development system
that has created a franchise that is the envy of the baseball
world.
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Moneyball,
,The Cardinals Way
The Cardinals Way tells
an in-depth, fascinating story about a consistently good
franchise, the business of sports in the twenty-first century and
a team that has learned how to level the playing field, turning
in season after successful season.
tells
an in-depth, fascinating story about a consistently good
franchise, the business of sports in the twenty-first century and
a team that has learned how to level the playing field, turning
in season after successful season.