{"product_id":"buzzie-and-the-bull-a-gm-a-clubhouse-favorite-and-the-dodgers-1965-championship-season-hardcover","title":"Buzzie and the Bull: A Gm, a Clubhouse Favorite, and the Dodgers' 1965 Championship Season - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Lazebnik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBob Bavasi\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzzie and the Bull\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a baseball year in the lives of two lifelong friends who couldn't be more different: Buzzie Bavasi, the legendary general manager of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, and Al \"the Bull\" Ferrara, bon vivant, fountain of joy, and bench player. Their 1965 baseball journey encompassed a thrilling pennant race settled on the final day of the season, a city engulfed in flames, a perfect game, and a GM who extolled his friend the Bull as a hero in May and then banished him from the team to the depths of public purgatory in July. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The partnership of these two characters--the general manager who valued fearlessness above all else and the crazy player who loved living on the edge--became the embodiment of champions who never choked in the clutch. Over seventeen years, Bavasi's teams won eight pennants and four World Series titles. His approach deserves review, and his friendship with Ferrara illustrates the ground on which he staked his baseball career. The summer of 1965 proved Bavasi's thesis that champions are built on players with one core characteristic: nerves of steel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzzie and the Bull\u003c\/i\u003e offers a counterpoint to today's focus on advanced statistical analysis that may be crowding out the important work of discovering a player's unique human qualities: the intangibles. Gauge those intangibles correctly and you get an edge--and edges help win championships.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen LaZebnik\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer best known for his work in television, film, and theater. Among his many credits are writing and producing the television series \u003ci\u003eTouched by an Angel\u003c\/i\u003e and co-writing (with Garrison Keillor) the screenplay for the film \u003ci\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/i\u003e. A lifelong baseball fan, LaZebnik co-founded (with Steve Lehman) the \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Review of Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, which later became \u003ci\u003eElysian Fields Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eBob Bavasi\u003c\/b\u003e is an attorney, longtime Minor League club owner, and principal with Bavasi Sports Partners. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.21 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759910224160,"sku":"9781496213174","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8e785dd03f8d1d36b476af7dd649f2a9.webp?v=1780165819","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/buzzie-and-the-bull-a-gm-a-clubhouse-favorite-and-the-dodgers-1965-championship-season-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}