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This is a book seeking excellence. Each of the ten principles relates to motivation, to getting the most out of each player, every pitch, every moment. Invaluable insight and wisdom are gleaned from interviews with 39 of baseball's top pro and college managers. Legendary coaches and MLB executives offer their insight on how to build individual champions, coach the details, practice under pressure, and much more.

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Over 125 Photographs and Illustrations
For over a century, one of baseball's most debated questions has been, "What is a good pitching delivery?" This book is dedicated to all who want to look at a pitcher properly and presents extraordinary photographic analysis of detailed deliveries for the 25 best pitchers of the recent past, present, and future.

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The T206 Honus Wagner card was part of a set issued by the American Tobacco Co. in 1909. It has since become the most sought-after baseball collectible of all time due to its scarcity. Wagner himself ordered the card to be taken out of production shortly after it was issued. Although some said he wanted to be paid more money to appear on the card, legend has it that Wagner did not want to encourage children to smoke. As a result, he didn't want to be associated with the promotion of cigarettes, which were packaged with each card. In a letter to the American Tobacco Co. Wagner made his reason clear, while reimbursing the manufacturer for the cost of the card's production. "I don't want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don't want you to lose the ten dollars, so I'm enclosing my check for that sum," Wagner wrote.

Regardless of the reason, the pulling of the Wagner card has made it the Mona Lisa of the baseball memorabilia world. There are believed to be about 50 Wagner cards in existence, but only two known cards have the Piedmont cigarettes advertisement backing, the remaining showcase the Sweet Caporal brand (A nonsmoker, Wagner ironically did chew tobacco).

Although Wagner never earned more than $10,000 a year, his likeness on the T206 card has made the fortunate few who have owned it many times that sum since.

The card first began to attract a national media frenzy when hockey legend Wayne Gretzky (partnering with former L.A. Kings owner Bruce McNall) purchased a mint-condition Wagner card for $451,000 in 1991. It was later sold in 1995 to Wal-Mart for use in a nationally advertised promotional raffle. The winner, a Florida postal worker, was forced to sell the card to cover its accompanying taxes.

According to collecting historians, the 1909 Honus Wagner card was the first to sell for $100, $100,000 and then $1 million, when it sold for $1,265,000 in July of 2000 in an online auction on eBay. At the time, the selling price, which included a bid of $1.1 million and a 15 percent fee, was the highest ever paid for an item on eBay.

Despite the fact that Wagner is widely regarded as one of the game's greatest players, his legacy to this day remains a decision that he made in 1909.

Most people remember little of Wagner's 17-year playing career, his 19 years as a coach, or even his service as a sergeant at arms for the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1929. Along with Shoeless Joe Jackson, he remains one of the game's preeminent mythological figures due to a decision he made nearly a century ago.