{"product_id":"9780062872104","title":"Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDiamond, Jared\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWilliam Morrow\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/31\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e’s national baseball\u003cbr\u003ewriter, the captivating story of the home run boom, following a group of\u003cbr\u003eplayers who rose from obscurity to stardom and the rogue swing coaches who\u003cbr\u003ehelped them usher the game into a new age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are in a historic era for the home run. The\u003cbr\u003e2019 season saw the most homers ever, obliterating a record set just two years\u003cbr\u003ebefore. It is a shift that has transformed the way the game is played,\u003cbr\u003econtributing to more strikeouts, longer games, and what feels like the logical\u003cbr\u003econclusion of the analytics era. In \u003cem\u003eSwing\u003cbr\u003eKings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e national baseball writer Jared\u003cbr\u003eDiamond reveals that the secret behind this unprecedented shift isn’t steroids\u003cbr\u003eor the stitching of the baseballs, it’s the most elemental explanation of all:\u003cbr\u003ethe swing. In this lively narrative romp, he tracks a group of baseball’s\u003cbr\u003ebiggest stars—including Aaron Judge, J.D. Martinez, and Justin Turner—who\u003cbr\u003eremade their swings under the tutelage of a band of renegade coaches, and\u003cbr\u003eremade the game in the process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese\u003cbr\u003ecoaches, many of them baseball washouts who have reinvented themselves as\u003cbr\u003eswing gurus, for years were one of the game’s best-kept secrets. Among\u003cbr\u003etheir ranks are a swimming pool contractor, the owner of a billiards hall, and\u003cbr\u003ean ex-hippie whose swing insights draw from surfing and the technique of\u003cbr\u003eJapanese samurai. Now, as Diamond artfully charts, this motley cast has moved\u003cbr\u003efrom the baseball margins to its center of power. They are changing the way\u003cbr\u003ehitting is taught to players of all ages, and major league clubs are scrambling\u003cbr\u003efor their services, hiring them in record numbers as coaches and consultants. And\u003cbr\u003eDiamond himself, whose baseball career ended in high school, enlists the\u003cbr\u003etutelage of each swing coach he profiles, with an aim toward starring in the\u003cbr\u003eannual Boston-New York media game at Yankee Stadium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSwing Kings\u003c\/em\u003e is\u003cbr\u003eboth a rollicking history of baseball’s recent past and a deeply reported,\u003cbr\u003echaracter-driven account of a battle between opponents as old as time: old and\u003cbr\u003enew, change and stasis, the establishment and those who break from it. Jared\u003cbr\u003eDiamond has written a masterful chronicle of America’s pastime at the\u003cbr\u003ecrossroads.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46782915772671,"sku":"9780062872104","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062872104_s600x595.jpg?v=1780330561","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780062872104","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}