The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First

by Jonah Keri

Book Overview

What happens when three financial industry whiz kids and certified baseball nuts take over an ailing major league franchise and implement the same strategies that fueled their success on Wall Street? In the case of the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, an American League championship happens--the culmination of one of the greatest turnarounds in baseball history. In The Extra 2% , financial journalist and sportswriter Jonah Keri chronicles the remarkable story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345517652
• ISBN13: 9780345517654
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: ESPN Books
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"