The Braves GM has a book coming out:
The title of John Schuerholz's upcoming book is "Built to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies of Baseball's Winningest GM." Another appropriate subtitle might have been: "The Counterpoint to Moneyball." The best-selling book "Moneyball," released in 2003, was about Oakland Athletics GM Billy Beane's approach to running an organization, which relies more on on-base percentage and slugging percentage and less on scouts' collected wisdom, batting averages and other traditional tools. "I'm sort of the poster child for the anti-Moneyball theorists, so they [publishers] wanted me to deal with it, and I do," said Schuerholz, 65, the longest-tenured GM in baseball. "I think there was a lot made of ["Moneyball"] by the author, but I don't think there's a lot there. ... "But it created a buzz, whether it was the title or the interpretation." Schuerholz said the bulk of his book is not centered around that subject, nor is it a tell-all book critical of people he's encountered through the years. "It's about introducing the reader, either a Braves fan or baseball fan in general, into some of the things a general manager does," said Schuerholz, who wrote the book with Orlando Sentinel columnist Larry Guest. "Just a broad-stroke observation of my 40-year career, things that have been impactful on me." Bob Costas wrote a foreward to the book, which is due out in March.
A look behind the curtain, I can't wait.
