Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up Audiobook (Free)

The captivating inside story of the historic 2018 Boston Red Sox, as told through the assembly and ascendancy of their talented young core-the culmination of almost a decade of reporting in one of the very most respected baseball writers in the country.

The 2018 season was a coronation for the Boston Red Sox. The very best team in Major League Baseball-indeed, one of the best groups ever-the Sox earned 108 regular period games and then romped through the postseason, heading 11-3 against the three following- about Homegrown: The way the Crimson Sox Built a Champ from the Ground Up strongest groups baseball had to offer.

As Boston World football reporter Alex Speier reveals, the Sox’ success wasn’t a fluke-nor was it guaranteed. It had been the consequence of careful, patient preparing and shrewd decision-making that allowed Boston to build up a golden era of prospects-and after that build upon that talented core to put together a juggernaut. Speier provides covered the key players-Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers, Jackie Bradley Jr., and several others-since the beginning of their professional careers, as they rose through the minor leagues and ultimately became the center of this historic championship squad. Sketching upon hundreds of interviews and many years of confirming, Homegrown may be the definitive look at the structure of a fantastic team.

It is a story that provides startling insights for baseball followers of any group, and anyone looking for the secret to creating a successful organization. Why perform many extremely touted leads fail, while some rise out of obscurity to become transcendent? How do franchises help their young skill, in whom they’ve frequently invested tens of millions of dollars, reach their complete potential? And how do management stabilize long-term aims using the continuous pressure to win now?

Part insider’s account of one of the greatest baseball groups ever, part meditation on how best to build a winner, Homegrown provides an illuminating consider the way the best of the best are built.