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The Subtle Things That Win Baseball Games
Simon & Schuster
August 2015
On Sale: August 11, 2015
290 pages
ISBN: 1451696027
EAN: 9781451696028
Kindle: B00P434E78
Hardcover / e-Book
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A unique and refreshing ode to the “little things” that
represent baseball’s heartbeat—the player who, in countless
ways, makes other players better.
Intangiball
tracks the progress of the Cincinnati Reds through five
years of culture change, beginning with the trades of
decorated veterans Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey, Jr. It also
draws liberally from such character-conscious clubs as the
Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants,
New York Yankees, and Tampa Bay Rays. Author, sportswriter,
and eternal fan of the game, Lonnie Wheeler systematically
identifies the performance-enhancing qualities (PEQs) that
together comprise the “communicable competitiveness” that
he calls “teamship.”
Intangiball is not
designed to debunk Moneyball, but rather to sketch
in what it left out: “What order is there to a baseball
world in which a struggling rookie benefits not a bit from
the encouraging words of the veteran who drapes his arm
around the kid’s shoulders; in which Derek Jeter’s
professionalism serves none but him; in which there is no
reward for hustle, no edge for enthusiasm, no payoff for
sacrifice; in which there is no place for the ambient
contributions of David Eckstein, Marco Scutaro, or the
aging, battered Scott Rolen; in which shared purpose serves
no purpose?”
Intangibles, as it turns out,
not only ennoble the game; they help win it. And this is
the book every fan must read.
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