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The Cubs way the Zen of building the best team in baseball and breaking the curse

"With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become...

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Main Author: Verducci, Tom (Author)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape, [2017]
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Epstein, Theo, > 1973-
Maddon, Joe, > 1954-
Baseball teams > Management.
Audiobooks.
Summary: "With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description: Title from container.
Compact disc.
Disc 11 includes a PDF of Joe Maddon's World Series game 7 lineup card.
Physical Description: 11 audio discs (13 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 11:00:00
ISBN: 9780525493006
052549300X
Author Notes: Sports writer Tom Verducci was born in East Orange, New Jersey. He received a B. A. in journalism from Penn State University in 1982. He was a sports reporter for Florida Today in Cocoa, Florida for one year. Then he spent 10 years as a sports reporter for Newsday, where he was its national baseball columnist from 1990-1993. He started working at Sports Illustrated in 1993 and also, writes for its online magazine si.com. Currently he is a senior baseball writer for Sports illustrated. He is also a game and studio analyst for FOX Sports and MLB Network for which he has won two Emmy awards. He was named National Sportswriter of the Year in 2014 and 2015. He is the co-writer of The Yankee Years with Joe Torre and the author of The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse.

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