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Getting in the Game: Inside Baseball's Winter Meetings »
Authors: Josh Lewin
ISBN-13: 9781574887914, ISBN-10: 1574887912
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Josh Lewin
Josh Lewin is a play-by-play announcer for Fox TV’s Saturday Game of the Week and is the television voice of the Texas Rangers. As an announcer, he’s worked with legendary broadcasters Jon Miller in Baltimore, Harry Caray in Chicago, and Ernie Harwell in Detroit. A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, he’s also a survivor who started off jobhunting at the winter meetings. He lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.
Book Synopsis
A minute-by-minute account of the turmoil and excitement of baseball’s big off-season event
Table of Contents
| List of Photographs | ix | |
| Preface | xi | |
| Acknowledgments | xv | |
| 1 | Introduction: Why Are We Here? | 1 |
| 2 | Pregame: Who's Here? | 7 |
| 3 | Friday Early Morning: Chaos After Dawn | 37 |
| 4 | Friday Midmorning: A Little History, a Little Lunch | 75 |
| 5 | Friday Afternoon: Midland, Mascots, and Finding an Announcer | 101 |
| 6 | Trade Show: A Celebration of American Ingenuity and Overkill | 135 |
| 7 | Friday Night: A Roundtable, Some Ice Cream, and Then Some Beer | 163 |
| 8 | Saturday Morning: Diving Back In | 189 |
| 9 | Saturday Afternoon: Let's Meet the Candidates | 201 |
| 10 | Saturday Night: Reflection | 225 |
| 11 | Sunday: Multiple Choice: (A) Move Your Bowels, (B) Get Off the Pot | 241 |
| 12 | Epilogue: Where Are They Now? | 263 |
| Select Bibliography | 277 | |
| About the Author | 279 |
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