The Cubs way : the zen of building the best team in baseball and breaking the curse / Tom Verducci.

It took 108 years, but it really happened. The Chicago Cubs are once again World Series champions. How did a team of untested young players and carefully selected veterans come together to break the longest championship drought in professional sports? Beginning with Theo Epstein's first season as te...

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Main Author: Verducci, Tom (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Crown Archetype, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Epstein, Theo, > 1973-
Maddon, Joe, > 1954-
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) > Management.
World Series (Baseball) > (2016)
World Series (Baseball)
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Coaching > Baseball.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
Local Note:
MSU: This book was selected in recognition of MSU Libraries Student Employee, Kyle Marino, Class of 2018
Physical Description:375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prelude to seven
  • Ready for change
  • The first piece
  • Game 1
  • The plan
  • That's Cub
  • Game 2
  • The beast
  • The recruit
  • Broad Street Joey
  • Game 3
  • The zen of Joe
  • Game 4
  • Flipping the culture
  • Game 5
  • Embrace the target
  • Game 6
  • Seven
  • Interlude
  • Heaven.