{"product_id":"swing-kings-the-inside-story-of-baseballs-home-run-revolution-paperback","title":"Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJared Diamond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The best baseball book I've read in years.\" -- Sam Walker - \"An exhilarating story of innovation.\" -- Ben Reiter - \"\u003cem\u003eSwing Kings\u003c\/em\u003e feels like a spiritual successor to \u003cem\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBaseball Prospectus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e's national baseball writer, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of players who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who helped them usher the game into a new age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe are in a historic era for the home run. The 2019 season saw the most homers ever, obliterating a record set just two years before. It is a shift that has transformed the way the game is played, contributing to more strikeouts, longer games, and what feels like the logical conclusion of the analytics era. In \u003cem\u003eSwing Kings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e national baseball writer Jared Diamond reveals that the secret behind this unprecedented shift isn't steroids or the stitching of the baseballs, it's the most elemental explanation of all: the swing. In this lively narrative romp, he tracks a group of baseball's biggest stars--including Aaron Judge, J.D. Martinez, and Justin Turner--who remade their swings under the tutelage of a band of renegade coaches, and remade the game in the process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese coaches, many of them baseball washouts who have reinvented themselves as swing gurus, for years were one of the game's best-kept secrets. Among their ranks are a swimming pool contractor, the owner of a billiards hall, and an ex-hippie whose swing insights draw from surfing and the technique of Japanese samurai. Now, as Diamond artfully charts, this motley cast has moved from the baseball margins to its center of power. They are changing the way hitting is taught to players of all ages, and major league clubs are scrambling for their services, hiring them in record numbers as coaches and consultants. And Diamond himself, whose baseball career ended in high school, enlists the tutelage of each swing coach he profiles, with an aim toward starring in the annual Boston-New York media game at Yankee Stadium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSwing Kings\u003c\/em\u003e is both a rollicking history of baseball's recent past and a deeply reported, character-driven account of a battle between opponents as old as time: old and new, change and stasis, the establishment and those who break from it. Jared Diamond has written a masterful chronicle of America's pastime at the crossroads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 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 March 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768636342560,"sku":"9780062872111","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a7eb62a2256748669984f6eabef558cf.webp?v=1780334310","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/swing-kings-the-inside-story-of-baseballs-home-run-revolution-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}