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Dealing: The Cleveland Indians' New Ballgame: How a Small-Market Team Reinvented Itself as a Major League Contender

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About the Book

"Fair, honest and insightful throughout ... The book is a compelling look at the Indians' organizational thought process in what has become a challenging baseball market." -- MLB.com

For Indians fans who want to know what goes on inside the front office, this book tells all. It's an in-depth look at how the team was taken apart and rebuilt as a contender again in spite of Major League Baseball's competitive imbalance.

Tribe fans grew accustomed to winning in the late 1990s. They had an owner with deep pockets, a brand-new ballpark, and a team of All-Stars who delivered a division championship nearly every year. Then, in 2002, the team's new owners began a controversial plan to unload their popular but expensive stars and replace them with a steady stream of young prospects and veteran rehab projects. Critics scoffed, and fans stayed away.

But by 2005 the plan showed promise with a 95-win season. And in 2007 it paid off, as the Indians beat the top-dollar Yankees in the playoffs and came within one game of the World Series--with a payroll less than half that of their competition.

How did they do it? Veteran sportswriter Terry Pluto (who had unprecedented access to the Indians front office) carefully analyzes each big decision and tells which ones worked, which ones didn't, and why. This rare behind-the-scenes look at a modern front office will intrigue any fan fascinated by baseball deal-making.

A wealth of baseball detail that will intrigue serious fans and fantasy leaguers.



About the Author :
Terry Pluto is a sports and faith columnist for Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer and the author of more than 30 books. He has twice been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the nation's top sports columnist for medium-sized newspapers and has received more than 50 state and local writing awards. He was called "Perhaps the best American writer of sports books" by the Chicago Tribune in 1997.

Review :
Fair, honest and insightful throughout . . . The book is a compelling look at the Indians' organizational thought process in what has become a challenging baseball market.--Anthony Castrovince "MLB.com" (6/27/2006 12:00:00 AM) For Tribe fans and serious baseball fans who are intrigued by the business side of the game, the book is a joy. Indians' officials reveal their reasons for all the significant trades, free-agent signings and other baseball decisions of the past five years.--Jerry Roche "Smart Business Network" (8/1/2006 12:00:00 AM) It goes to a few places where "Moneyball" and Bob Costas have gone, but really, it's almost the bookend for "Weaver on Strategy." With Weaver, [Pluto] covered the on-the-field stuff, and here it's behind-the-scenes. It teaches responsibility in a game where I don't even want to think about the absurdity of the salaries.--Mark Zimmerman "WCRF FM Radio" (5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM) Pluto's surprisingly frank interviews with Shapiro, former manager Mike Hargrove, Indians president Paul Dolan and current manager Eric Wedge provide a fascinating glimpse into the gritty business of running a competitive big league club.--Jim Vickers "Cleveland Magazine" (5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM) There's enough new stuff in "Dealing" that even diehard fans will learn something. The days of the sellout streak are over, and it's often painful to read why . . . Rebuilding a baseball team is no easy task, and the Indians and Shapiro did it quicker than most. This is the story of how, and it's a pretty good one.--Jason A. Kline "News-Journal" (6/4/2006 12:00:00 AM)



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781598510492
  • Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Gray & Company Publishers
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 280 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1598510495
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: How a Small-Market Team Reinvented Itself as a Major League Contender
  • Width: 140 mm


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