The Cardinals Way - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cardinals Way write by Howard Megdal. This book was released on 2016-02-23. The Cardinals Way available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chronicles the history and tradition of the St. Louis Cardinals, from the era when they were managed by Branch Rickey in the years following World War I to the present day.
The Cardinals Way
The Cardinals Way - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cardinals Way write by Howard Megdal. This book was released on 2016-02-23. The Cardinals Way available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Cardinals Way presents an inside look at the St. Louis Cardinals, a team that has emerged as the model organization in the MLB through developing young talent and embracing analytics. 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. 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 former 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. In the spirit of Moneyball, 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.
Intentional Walk
Intentional Walk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Intentional Walk write by Rob Rains. This book was released on 2013-04-29. Intentional Walk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An inside look at the faith that guides the all-stars. The St. Louis Cardinals have long been one of the most successful franchises in the major leagues. They have won 11 World Series titles and some of the most famous players in the history of the game have worn the storied “Birds on the Bat” uniform. While that on-field success has been well documented, Intentional Walk is the first book which goes beyond the story of what happens on the field to take an in-depth look at the men inside the Cardinal uniforms, and examine how their strong Christian faith is one of the driving forces behind their success. Intentional Walk features the stories of Adam Wainwright, David Freese, Lance Berkman, Matt Holliday, Carlos Beltran, Jason Motte and other members of the 2012 Cardinals, written as those players and the rest of the team tried to repeat the 2011 world championship. The book talks about how they became Christians and offers their testimony about what it means for them to have God play such a prominent role in their lives. Playing for first-year manager Mike Matheny, a strong Christian as well, these men talk about their success and failure, about the challenges that come from playing baseball at the highest level, and how thankful and blessed they are to have that God-given ability. In the end, however, what is far more important to them is their life-long relationship they have established with Jesus Christ.
Taking Flight
Taking Flight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Taking Flight write by Rob Rains. This book was released on 2016-04-01. Taking Flight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written by veteran sportswriter and Cardinals insider Rob Rains, Taking Flight answers two basic questions – what makes the Cardinals different from other organizations, and why are they so successful? Perhaps the most important man in the history of the organization was George Kissell. Among the future managers who came under Kissell's tutelage were Sparky Anderson, Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and the Cardinals' current manager, Mike Matheny. Kissell's imprint is still everywhere on the Cardinals' organization, nearly five years after his death. So too is the work of longtime coach and catching instructor Dave Ricketts, the man who first trained Matheny and later, Yadier Molina. It is the men such as Kissell and Ricketts, who worked for years without fame or notoriety, who helped mold the Cardinals into the franchise it is today.
For the Love of the Cardinals
For the Love of the Cardinals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook For the Love of the Cardinals write by Frederick C. Klein. This book was released on 2007-08. For the Love of the Cardinals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A history of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team via a collection of rhymes, one for most letters of the alphabet.
