Great Expectations: The Lost Toronto Blue Jays Season

Great Expectations: The Lost Toronto Blue Jays Season
ISBN-10
1770904247
ISBN-13
9781770904248
Series
Great Expectations
Category
Sports & Recreation
Pages
220
Language
English
Published
2013-11-01
Publisher
ECW Press
Authors
Shi Davidi, John Lott

Description

A one of a kind look at the Toronto Blue Jays 2013 season, two seasoned sports journalists provide readers with all they need to know as the team attempts to end their 20-year playoff drought. Beginning with a full look at General Manager Alex Anthopoulos’s busy offseason in the wake of a disappointing 2012 season—from the acquisition of Cy Young winner R. A. Dickey, a sexual abuse survivor who is the only active knuckleballer in the majors, to the blockbuster trade that brought in the electric shortstop José Reyes and aces Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle—Great Expectations is replete with details on the team’s newly overhauled roster. The book also highlights other members of the team, including Brett Lawrie, the team’s lone Canadian, whose kinetic style of play is a double-edged sword; José Bautista, the two-time home-run champion bidding to revive his power following wrist surgery; and Melky Cabrera, whose 50-game drug suspension in 2012 forced him to sign a free-agent contract with a new team for half the money he might otherwise have realized. Packed with insightful content, game-by-game analysis, and a bevy of photos, this is the only book Blue Jays fans need to commemorate the team’s 2013 season.

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