Winning in both leagues : reflections from baseball's front office / J. Frank Cashen ; foreword by Billy Beane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cashen, J. Frank, author.

Beane, Billy, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cashen, J. Frank.

Major League Baseball (Organization).

New York Mets (Baseball team).

Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team).

Baseball teams--United States--Management.

Baseball teams.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Winning in Both Leagues J. Frank Cashen looks back over his twenty-five-year career in baseball. Best known as the general manager of the New York Mets during their remaking and rise to glory in the 1980s, Cashen fills the pages with lively stories from his baseball tenure during the last half of the twentieth century. His career included a stint with the Baltimore Orioles of the late '60s and '70s, working with manager Earl Weaver and the great teams of the early '70s, including such players as Jim Palmer, Frank Robinson, and Brooks Robinson. Later, tapped by Mets owner Nelson Doubleday J

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Beating Boston""; ""2. Call from the Boss""; ""3. Baltimore Beginnings""; ""4. Shocking Developments""; ""5. Parting Gift""; ""6. Four Straight""; ""7. After the Sweep""; ""8. Earl of Baltimore""; ""9. Low Point to High Flyers""; ""10. Negotiating Contracts""; ""11. My First Passion""; ""12. From Studs to Suds""; ""13. Commish�s Call""; ""14. Baseball Trails""; ""15. Casting My Fate""; ""16. Changing the Mets� Image""; ""17. Yellow Pad Parlance""

""18. Trade Secrets""""19. Competing in the Apple""; ""20. Building a Winner""; ""21. Breaking .500""; ""22. Dominating Season""; ""23. Infamous Plane Trip""; ""24. Series Showdown""; ""25. Futures Trading""; ""26. Broadcasting Brilliance""; ""27. New Friends, New Places""; ""28. Traveling Tales""; ""29. Mets Changes""; ""30. New Choices""; ""31. Extra Innings""; ""About J. Frank Cashen""; ""About Billy Beane""; ""Illustrations""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4962-2666-6

0-8032-6544-1

0-8032-6546-8

OCLC:

883570732