Try Not to Suck, Jesse Rogers
Try Not to Suck, Jesse Rogers
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Try Not to Suck
The Exceptional, Extraordinary Baseball Life of Joe Maddon

Author: Jesse Rogers, Bill Chastain, Ben Zobrist

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/19/2018

Synopsis

With his irreverant personality, laid-back approach, and penchant for the unexpected, Joe Maddon is a singular presence among Major League Baseball managers. Whether he's bringing clowns and live bear cubs to spring training or leading the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series victory in 108 years, Maddon is always one to watch.

In Try Not to Suck, ESPN's Jesse Rogers and MLB.com's Bill Chastain fully explore Maddon's life and career, delving behind the scenes and dissecting that mystique which makes Maddon so popular with players and analysts alike. Packed with insight, anecdotes, and little-known facts, this is the definitive account of the curse-breaker and trailblazer at the helm of the Cubs' new era.

About Jesse Rogers

Jesse Rogers has been part of the Chicago sports media scene since the mid 90's. He covered the Chicago Blackhawks for ESPN. He's been a television, internet and radio reporter for ESPN since 2009 and was previously heard on 670 The Score.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ALLEN on September 07, 2018

Concurrent with today's news that the Chicago Cubs' spring opener has been snowed (not rained) out comes the realization that Try Not to Suck: The Exceptional, Extraordinary Baseball Life of Joe Maddon is still high on our local bestseller lists. Actually, this book doesn't suck at all, but as a bud......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 21, 2018

The feature of this book, Joe Maddon, is worthy of 5 stars. The book though was average. I pulled a few new insights I wasn't aware of. If anything, it increases my hunger for the release day of #70's story in his words. That will be a 5 star read!......more

Goodreads review by Dave on April 07, 2018

Reminds me of the bios of baseball that were meant for teens that I read growing up. Pretty simple read, written ok, but simplistic and overly laudatory. An ok beach read.......more

Goodreads review by Cameron on August 17, 2018

Not too bad, though after 300 pages I couldn't tell you what makes Maddon's coaching style so unique other than he "listens." To enjoy this book it helps to have an affinity for the Cubs and more specifically the 2015-16 Cubs.......more

Goodreads review by Jay on May 03, 2018

As a Cubs fan and a converted Joe Maddon fan, I sure learned a lot about the Rays reading this book. I was in high school when Joe Maddon played single A ball with the local Angels affiliate. I didn’t attend any games that year, to my delayed regret. His playing career is covered pretty quickly – th......more

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