Alderson Sandy - Baseball maverick: how Sandy Alderson revolutionized baseball and revived the Mets

Steve Kettmann expertly takes you along the fascinating journey of a true Renaissance man. From combat to the roots of modern analytics to rebuilding the New York MetsIll let you decide the most difficult of such pursuitsSandy Alderson is a compelling case study of leadership.

Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated

[A] lively chronicle.

Newsday

Alderson has long been a baseball man, but his education, time in Vietnam and being the first nonplayer to challenge the supremacy of players in traditional scouting always set him at a distance. His is a story of fathers, sons and American service Baseball Maverick stands on its own, a worthwhile journey of an important figure Kettmann clearly and understandably admires.

Howard Bryant, ESPN The Magazine

Sandy Alderson stumbled into baseball, but as Steve Kettmann shows so adroitly, hes put a best foot forward everywhere hes marched in the game. If, under his aegis, Aldersons Mets can finally come back to glory, it will cap the career of a man who has not only led his teams, but led the whole sport.

Frank Deford

Steve Kettmann has given us so much more than a baseball book or biography; he has given us a fascinating look into one of the games great minds. Sandy Alderson defies any simple description, but Kettmann has brilliantly painted a portrait that ties together the Marine, the scholar, the general manager, and the maverick streak that binds them together.

T. J. Quinn, ESPN

A timely account of how GM Sandy Alderson has revived the entire New York Mets organization and transformed the team into a pennant contender Extremely well-written and unflaggingly interesting, the book will appeal to any baseball fan who wants insight into what GMs do and into how contemporary winning major league baseball teams are built.

Spitball Magazine

Kettmanns solid profile of the Mets Alderson, now piloting one of the brightest teams in major league baseball, provides worthwhile insider tidbits, along with a competent view of the front office and the intriguing complexities of sports politics.

Publishers Weekly

One of the more talked about titles this year.

Ron Kaplans Baseball Bookshelf

Revealing [Alderson] gave serious access to Kettmann, an astute reporter.

George Vecsey

A savvy story A seasoned sportswriters take on the unconventional general manager of the New York Mets and the business side of baseball.

Shelf Awareness

Offers [a] revealing view of Madoff-impacted Mets.

Howard Megdal, Capital New York

Sandy Aldersons character and credentials are among the most impressive in baseball. He is an original thinker and a true maverick the title says it all. A book about Sandy is long overdue, and Kettmanns is outstanding.

Dennis Eckersley

Steve Kettmann has long taken readers into the unexplored reaches of baseball, the places the games poets bypass but where historythe real kind; not the fairy-tale stuffis made. In Baseball Maverick, he has given us the pre-Moneyball story of a man and new ways of thinking about the game. Its really, really good.

Bryan Curtis, Grantland

[Baseball Maverick] captures all of Sandys complexity. It is a rollicking, fascinating read.

Lowell Cohn, Santa Rosa Press Democrat

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