Alan Maimon, Chuck Myron

Hits and Misses in the Baseball Draft

What the Top Picks Teach Us About Selecting Tomorrow's Major League Stars

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Produktbeschreibung

If unpredictability is so much of what makes sports compelling, the baseball draft might be the best place to look for capriciousness. This book explores the intricate uncertainties of the draft and the people who face it. The authors tell the stories of players drafted in the first round between 1990 and 2006, a period marked by the rise of "superagents” and Latin American talent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780786470310
• ISBN-10: 0786470313
• Artikelnr.: 39123294

Autorenporträt

Alan Maimon started his professional writing career as a news assistant and sportswriter in the Berlin bureau of The New York Times. An investigator for Centurion Ministries, he lives in Hopewell, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
ix Preface
1 Introduction
5
1.
A History of the Draft
15
2.
Analysis of Draft Data
31
3.
Faces of the Draft
48
4.
The Showcase
64
5.
The Scouts
77
6.
Organizational Profile: San Diego Padres
86
7.
Organizational Profile: St. Louis Cardinals
97
8.
Organizational Profile: Minnesota Twins
109
9.
The Latin Factor
122 10.
A Ballplayer's Story
132 11.
Bad Breaks
152 12.
The Boras Effect
164 13.
Psychology of the Draft
172 14.
Life Imitates the Draft
186 Epilogue
199 Chapter Notes
205 Bibliography
221 Index
233