No one sees baseball like Joe Maddon. He sees it through his
trademark glasses and irrepressible wit. Raised in the "shot and
beer" town of Hazleton, PA, and forged by 15 years in the minors,
Maddon over 19 seasons in Tampa Bay, Chicago, and Anaheim has
become one of the most successful, most colorful, and most quoted
managers in Major League Baseball. He is a workplace culture
expert, having engineered two of the most stunning turnarounds in
the past quarter century: taking the Rays from the worst record in
baseball one year to the World Series the next and leading the Cubs
to their first World Series title in 108 years. Like his teams,
Maddon defies convention. He is part strategist, part philosopher,
part sports psychologist, and part motivational coach. In THE BOOK
OF JOE, Maddon gives readers unique insights into the game,
including the tension between art and data, the changing role of
managers as front offices gain power, why the honeymoon with the
Cubs did not last, and what it's like to manage the modern player,
including stars such as Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, Albert Pujols,
Yu Darvish, and Kris Bryant. But you expect even more from a
manager who meditates daily, admires Twain, and has only one rule
when it comes to a team dress code: "If you think you look hot,
wear it!" And Maddon delivers. Built on-old school values and
new-school methods, his wisdom applies beyond the dugout. His
mantras about leadership, mentorship, team building, and
communication are meditations on life, not just baseball. Among
those mantras are: "Do simple better." "Try not to suck." "Don't
ever permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure." "See it with
first-time eyes." "Tell me what you think, not what you've heard."
THE BOOK OF JOE is Maddon at his uniquely holistic best. It is a
memoir of a fascinating baseball journey, an insider's look at a
changing game, and a guidebook on leadership and life.
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