Change Up: How to Make the Great Game of Baseball Even Better - Couverture souple

Martinez, Buck; Robson, Dan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1443440744 ISBN 13 : 9781443440745

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

In the spirit of Moneyball, the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays offers cutting insights on baseball

Buck Martinez has been in and around professional baseball for nearly fifty years as a player, manager and broadcaster. Having witnessed enormous change in the game he loves, seeing it morph from a grassroots pastime into a big business, he recognizes that not every change has been for the better. Today’s fans struggle to connect to their on-field heroes as loyalty to club and player wavers, and free agency constantly changes the face of every team’s roster.

In Change Up, Martinez isn’t shy with his opinions and offers his unique insights into how Major League Baseball might reconnect with its fan base, how the clubs might train and prepare their players for their time in “The Show” and how players might approach the sport in a time of sagging interest.

Comparing the style of play and preparation that made the all-time greats he played with—including George Brett, Reggie Jackson and Dave Stieb—the best at their respective positions to how today’s players are managed at all levels, he explains why baseball needs to return to its roots in order to win back its fans.

As the play-by-play announcer for the Blue Jays throughout their incredible run in 2015, Martinez shares his insights into how the Jays became Canada’s team again, more than twenty years after their last World Series win.

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À propos des auteurs

BUCK MARTINEZ has spent nearly fifty years in professional baseball, including twenty years as a catcher (six years as a Toronto Blue Jay), twenty-five years in broadcasting, and two as a manager. Martinez is currently the play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays on Rogers Sportsnet.

 

Dan Robson is Head of Features and a Senior Writer at The Athletic Canada. An award-winning journalist, he is the bestselling author of Quinn, Bower and co-author of Change Up, The Crazy Game and Killer. Robson lives in Toronto. Visit him at danrobsonstories.com

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Buck Martinez has been in and around professional baseball for nearly 50 years as a player, manager and broadcaster. Currently the play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays, where he kept fans on the edge of their seats during the Jays’ incredible playoff runs in 2015 and 2016, Martinez has witnessed enormous change in the game he loves. Not all of the change has been for the better, and today’s fans struggle to connect to their on-the-field heroes as loyalty to club and player wavers and free agency constantly changes the face of every team’s roster.

In Change Up, Martinez delves into how Major League Baseball might reconnect with its fan base, how the clubs might train and prepare their players for their time in “The Show” and how players might approach the sport in a time of declining interest. Martinez isn’t shy with his opinions, whether they concern pitch count, player development through the minor-league system, or even if there should be a minor-league system at all. Always entertaining, ever insightful, Martinez loads the bases and throws inside pitches about summer’s favorite game.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1443440744
• ISBN 13: 9781443440745
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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