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Joe Maddon: We're Gonna Party Like It's 1908
Learn a great deal about Joe Maddon from the people who know him best. The Chicago Cubs manager guided the team in 2016 to their first World Series Championship in over 100 years.
286 pages, Hardcover
Published September 1, 2016
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July 20, 2021
As a longtime Cub fan, I deeply appreciate the Cubs winning the World Series in 2016, 108 years after their last one. That appreciation also extends to Joe Maddon, the genius that managed the Cubs to that title. This book is not a biography in the normal use of the term, it is a series of short segments written by people that have known Joe Maddon. Some know him through his work in baseball, others have encountered him in other walks of life.
I found this book to be one of the most boring baseball books that I have ever read. The accolades read more like extreme marketing hype rather than actual descriptions of the man. For example, on page 138, Art Fischetti writes: “I’m not a fun guy, I’m a sports guy. Fun to me is fundamentals. Joe Maddon would be the Pope for me. I love the Pope. We all love the Pope. Joe Maddon is bigger than the Pope.”
While accolades and praise are fine, there is a point where reading text like that over and over again causes you to reach the point where you just want to declare that you have read enough. He is also compared to John Wooden and Knute Rockne. Wooden won 10 NCAA basketball championships in 12 years and Rockne has the highest winning percentage of any coach in the history of NCAA football. While managing the Cubs to a World Series victory is a major achievement, longevity as a winner is what makes greatness. I found it difficult to read significant segments at one sitting.
I found this book to be one of the most boring baseball books that I have ever read. The accolades read more like extreme marketing hype rather than actual descriptions of the man. For example, on page 138, Art Fischetti writes: “I’m not a fun guy, I’m a sports guy. Fun to me is fundamentals. Joe Maddon would be the Pope for me. I love the Pope. We all love the Pope. Joe Maddon is bigger than the Pope.”
While accolades and praise are fine, there is a point where reading text like that over and over again causes you to reach the point where you just want to declare that you have read enough. He is also compared to John Wooden and Knute Rockne. Wooden won 10 NCAA basketball championships in 12 years and Rockne has the highest winning percentage of any coach in the history of NCAA football. While managing the Cubs to a World Series victory is a major achievement, longevity as a winner is what makes greatness. I found it difficult to read significant segments at one sitting.
December 27, 2020
Another great reason to be a lifelong Cubs fan. I’m 57 years old and for 20 years I said I’d get my first tattoo when the Cubs win the World Series. Thanks to Joe and his contributions I was very excited to ink the right arm after the 2016 season. Very good book about Joe Maddon, proof of a classy guy!
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