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Baseball maverick : how Sandy Alderson revolutionized baseball and revived the Mets /

"Granted unprecedented access to a working GM over several seasons, bestselling author Steve Kettmann traces Alderson's history and his renewal of the Mets despite a limited budget, through big trades that brought back high-profile prospects to the development of young aces including Matt...

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Main Author:	Kettmann, Steve (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Alderson, Sandy. Baseball > United States > Management > Biography. New York Mets (Baseball team) Oakland Athletics (Baseball team)

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