The Cardinals Way: How One Team Embraced Tradition and Moneyball at the Same Time
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250058317 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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The St. Regarded by many as the premier organization in Major League Baseball, they not only win, but do so with an apparently bottomless pool of talent, one that is mostly homegrown.Despite years of phenomenal achievements, including going to the World Series in 2004 and again in 2006, the Cardinals reinvented themselves using the "Cardinal Way," a term that has come to represent many things to fans, media, and other organizations, from an ironclad code of conduct to the team's cutting-edge use of statistic and analytics, and a farm system that has transformed baseball.Baseball journalist Howard Megdal ta
How to Run and Transform an Organization reviewed by Bill Pence of CoramDeotheBlog.com Although most will see this as a sports book, it’s really more so a leadership book about how to run and transform an organization that happens to be a sports team. I was interested in it being a big St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan. I was impressed at the access that the author had to key personnel, including the managing partner and chairman (Bill DeWitt Jr.) and General Manager (John Mozeliak) of the team. Megdal’s writing style reminded me positively of the writing of John F. Jennifer Roland said For Cardinal Fans Only. As someone who grew up in the Midwest and watched the Cardinals at both the old and new Busch Stadiums, I thought this book would help explain the history of the Cardinals and their success. Sadly it does not. It is a rambling collection of interviews. I had to force myself to finish it. I have read many other books about baseball teams that were much better written. This was as bad as a self published fan book.. Brent L. Staulcup said A Serious Study of the Evolution of the Cardinals. This book gives a good history of the Cardinals, and even a fan for 60 years like myself, can learn something about the early history of the team and how it evolved to the present day. The work is reminiscent of the great Bob Broeg, legendary St. Louis sportswriter. Howard Megdal approaches the subject objectively, and it reads like an academic study, rather than strictly a sports book for Joe Sixpack.There have been several books written about the Cardinals in recent years. Mostly aimed at
"Megdal enjoys terrific access to Cardinals managementSerious Cardinals fans will savor this glowing insider take on their beloved organization." - PW"This is an excellent book that every Cardinals fan will want to add to his or her bookshelf. Other readers who are interested in how players are evaluated and developed will also appreciate this book." - Sports Book Guy, 4 ½ of 5 stars (excellent)"Megdal’s talents lie in his ability to get those men to open up, to freely discuss the failures as well as the successesthose who are passionate about business and baseball w
. He lives in Rockland County, New York with his wife, Rachel and his two daughters, Mirabelle and Juliet. The Cardinals Way is his fourth book. HOWARD MEGDAL has written for Capital New York, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, and USA Today, among others