From First To Worst

Author : Jacob Kanarek
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476652155
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From First to Worst written by Jacob Kanarek and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Miracle Mets" of 1969 had great hopes and enormous expectations for the coming decade. Unfortunately, they would be forced to watch hopes and dreams slowly fade to despair. This book details the Mets' climb from last place in August of 1973 to within one game of the world championship, followed by annual struggles and a collapse in 1977. The revised edition expands on the failures of the last two seasons of the decade, which necessitated the Payson family's decision to sell the beloved franchise.

Author : Jacob Kanarek
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476693722
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From First to Worst written by Jacob Kanarek and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Miracle Mets" of 1969 had great hopes and enormous expectations for the coming decade. Unfortunately, they would be forced to watch hopes and dreams slowly fade to despair. This book details the Mets' climb from last place in August of 1973 to within one game of the world championship, followed by annual struggles and a collapse in 1977. The revised edition expands on the failures of the last two seasons of the decade, which necessitated the Payson family's decision to sell the beloved franchise.

Author : Elizabeth Eckford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999766101
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Worst First Day written by Elizabeth Eckford and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author shares the back story of the crisis at Central High from her purview in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the school's desegregation. Her experiences will inspire readers of all ages, and gives new meaning to the importance of resilience after a "bad day".

Author : Gordon Bethune
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471356522
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Worst to First written by Gordon Bethune and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-08-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The numerous anecdotes alone are worth the price of the book . . . most readers will find themselves asking why everyone doesn't run a business as preached by the chief executive of Continental Airlines.-The Washington Post Book World . . . in an age where managing seems increasingly complicated, some of Bethune's prescriptions are refreshingly straightforward.-Business Week From Worst to First outlines Gordon Bethune's triumphs . . . about the turnaround he's led at Continental, a perennial basket case that's become an industry darling.-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution From Worst to First is [Gordon Bethune's] story of Continental Airlines' turnaround under his command . . . The blueprint has worked . . . Fortune magazine named Continental the company that has 'raised its overall marks more than any other in the 1990s.'-The Seattle Post-Intelligencer All of Gordon Bethune's proceeds from this book will be donated to the We Care Trust, a nonprofit organization that assists Continental Airlines' employees and their families in times of need.

Author : Bill Gutman
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 9780812520774
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Worst to First written by Bill Gutman and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Filip Bondy
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385536135
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who's on Worst? written by Filip Bondy and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who were the best ballplayers of all time? It's an endless question, but here's something much more fun: Who was the worst of all time? Who was the lousiest pitcher? The biggest goat? The most despicable owner? The most over-paid bum? Finally, Filip Bondy answers these questions, wielding his own brand of formidable research, advanced sabermetrics and considerable wit to provide this indispensable guide to the less glorious side of our national pastime. Each chapter is filled with rich and colorful stories about the players unfortunate enough to be chosen in each category--like "Too Fat to Bat" or "Anyone Seen My Mitt." So welcome to the Hall of Shame. It's awesome.

Author : Jonah Keri
Publisher : ESPN
ISBN 13 : 0345517652
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Extra 2% written by Jonah Keri and published by ESPN. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens—the culmination of one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history. In The Extra 2%, financial journalist and sportswriter Jonah Keri chronicles the remarkable story of one team’s Cinderella journey from divisional doormat to World Series contender. When former Goldman Sachs colleagues Stuart Sternberg and Matthew Silverman assumed control of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005, it looked as if they were buying the baseball equivalent of a penny stock. But the incoming regime came armed with a master plan: to leverage their skill at trading, valuation, and management to build a model twenty-first-century franchise that could compete with their bigger, stronger, richer rivals—and prevail. Together with “boy genius” general manager Andrew Friedman, the new Rays owners jettisoned the old ways of doing things, substituting their own innovative ideas about employee development, marketing and public relations, and personnel management. They exorcized the “devil” from the team’s nickname, developed metrics that let them take advantage of undervalued aspects of the game, like defense, and hired a forward-thinking field manager as dedicated to unconventional strategy as they were. By quantifying the game’s intangibles—that extra 2% that separates a winning organization from a losing one—they were able to deliver to Tampa Bay something that Billy Beane’s “Moneyball” had never brought to Oakland: an American League pennant. A book about what happens when you apply your business skills to your life’s passion, The Extra 2% is an informative and entertaining case study for any organization that wants to go from worst to first.

Author : Patricia Ann Rosselli
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1434366405
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Year Is The Worst written by Patricia Ann Rosselli and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I moved from that blank space on the map known as Northeast Montana to Thailand in 1963 with a pregnant wife and a three year old daughter, I knew there would be some changes in my life, but I had no idea how great those changes would be and how much the people of Thailand would change my own world view. I learned to be jai yen (cool hearted), instead of angry or frustrated. That is the Thai way. I went as an agricultural advisor to work among theMountain Tribes. This book is about the 33 years I spent roaming the hill country trekking from village to village over the foot trails. The people I came to teach taught me many things. I learned about hospitality, descision making by consensus, and how to live with one another. I shared their shelter, their food, their joys, and their sorrows.

Author : Golden Books
Publisher : Golden Books
ISBN 13 : 1524769703
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grumpy Cat's First Worst Christmas (Grumpy Cat) written by Golden Books and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate Christmas with Grumpy Cat, the most famous cat in the world -- a perfect gift for the holiday season! Grumpy Cat has over 8 million Facebook followers, her own TV movie, a mobile game, and now . . . a Christmas-themed Big Golden Book! In the story of Grumpy Cat’s First Worst Christmas, Pokey makes every effort to get Grumpy Cat to join in the Christmas spirit! Pokey wants to build a snow-cat together, go sledding, decorate the Christmas tree, and bake cookies for Santa! But Grumpy Cat wants to live in her wonderland of NO. Join your favorite feline as she celebrates the most terrible time of the year! Grumpy Cat fans of all ages will get into the spirit with this Big Golden Book, featuring all-new full-color illustrations.

Author : Adam M. Finkel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135890331
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Worst Things First written by Adam M. Finkel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For any government agency, the distribution of available resources among problems or programs is crucially important. Agencies, however, typically lack a self-conscious process for examining priorities, much less an explicit method for defining what priorities should be. Worst Things First? illustrates the controversy that ensues when previously implicit administrative processes are made explicit and subjected to critical examination. It reveals surprising limitations to quantitative risk assessment as an instrument for precise tuning of policy judgments. The book also demonstrates the strength of political and social forces opposing the exclusive use of risk assessment in setting environmental priorities.