Ebook: 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 Harvey, Zach Wheeler, and Jacob deGrom"--Amazon.com.;Rounding a corner -- The Marine shakes up baseball in Oakland. Khe Sanh -- Poster boy -- Holy Toledo! -- Hooked up with Apple -- Computer helps A's zap Tigers -- The Google of baseball -- Earthquake -- Passing the torch -- "Come on, Blue!". Alderson's brain trust -- The Madoff mess -- Winter meetings 2012 -- Spring training 2013 -- Sweep -- Patience -- The best day of the year -- "Come on, Blue!" -- Line in the Sandy. Hangin' with Jay-Z -- The ninety-win challenge -- Don't think -- Fizzle -- "Throw a goddamned fastball!" -- Hanging by a thread -- Back to where it all started -- Talent unfolds -- Zero hour for the Mets -- A Week to Remember -- Finally Back to the Playoffs -- Sixty Feet, Six Inches.