Daniel R Levitt: 3 books
by Daniel R. Levitt; Mark L. Armour
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2004
An essential experience of being a baseball fan is the hopeful anticipation of seeing the hometown nine make a run at winning the World Series. In Paths to Glory, Mark L. Armour and Daniel R. Levitt review how teams build themselves up into winners. What makes a winning team like the 1900 Brooklyn Superbas...
The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball
The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
In late 1913 the newly formed Federal League declared itself a major league in competition with the established National and American Leagues. Backed by some of America’s wealthiest merchants and industrialists, the new organization posed a real challenge to baseball’s prevailing structure. For...
In Pursuit of Pennants
Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The 1936 Yankees, the 1963 Dodgers, the 1975 Reds, the 2010 Giants—why do some baseball teams win while others don’t?
General managers and fans alike have pondered this most important of baseball questions. The Moneyball strategy is not the first example of how new ideas and innovative...