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	• Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue Fred Claire Sports Publishing LLC, 2004 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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Must-read for a baseball fan.

I am an avid baseball fan and have read many related books including the best-selling "Moneyball" and even the infamous "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big". But Fred Claire's "My 30 Years in Dodger Blue" is defintitely one of the best ones I've read. It may even rival "Moneyball". In the book, Claire gives his honest opinion and story of the Dodgers and its personnel and owner. Although many blame him for the trades of Pedro Martinez and Mike Piazza, one must not forget that he built a championship team in 1988.

Excellent Book

This is a terrific, honest account of what Dodger Blue was like during Fred's carrer with the Dodgers. There have always headlines, good and bad, associated with the Dodgers throuout the years, and this is a first hand account of all of them, dating back to the 60's.

Mr. Claire, in my opinion, was a great General Manager. Sure, some of the trades didn't work out. But most of them did, and he handled all of them with class, professionalism, and the best interest of the team and fans.

Any Dodger fan would enjoy reading this book - I highly recommend it.

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Insightful, Educational and Compelling

Whether you bleed "Dodger Blue" or you're just a passionate baseball fan, Fred Claire's My 30 Years in Dodger Blue offers compelling insight on MLB management from the interior.

Claire chronicles his rise from newspaper writer to Los Angeles Dodger general manager and everything in between. The book is stuffed with great storytelling, including the inside story of the Mike Piazza trade in 1998, the sale of the family business to corporate TV giants Fox and the untold story of how close the Dodgers were to hiring Joe Morgan as team manager.

For baseball fans, Claire digs into the "Anatomy of a Trade." if you've ever wondered how a trade is made from nuts to soup, here it is. Claire honestly and openly shares the Dodger philosophy on many of the key transactions that led the Dodgers to a World Series title in 1988.

"Baseball will break your heart if you let it," Claire writes, at the end of a long, painful chapter on the acquisition of Darryl Strawberry and how his personal demons took possession of a great talent. The former Dodger GM also tells the dark tale of Maury Wills, a one-time Dodger legend who's life spun out of control and nearly killed him.

From the first free agent signing to the 1994 baseball strike, corporate takeover and the construction of a World Series team, Claire has seen it, live it, worked side-by-side with it and now shares it with baseball fans.

My 30 Years in Dodger Blue will educate you and make you a smarter baseball fan.

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Excellent Book!!

This book is excellent! It really shows you sports management from an insider point of view! There are so many obstacles the dodgers have been through that you get an inside look from Fred's perspective.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is interested in baseball, a dodger fan, or anyone interested in sports in general! Fred Claire definitely shows those people reading the books why he made the decisions he did and what he expected/saw the outcome to be!

Once again I would recommend this book as it teaches you a lot about the dodgers and how they have become the team they are today!! What better insight than from someone who has experienced it all with the dodgers!!!

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The Business of Baseball

I would recommend this book to baseball fans throughout the country who want to learn more about the much beloved Los Angeles Dodgers. This book offers a tremendous insight into the tightly woven social relationships involved in managing a baseball team. Fred Claire experienced the job many of us dream of, managing a major league team, and in this book he shares not only the tough decisions but the moments of glory for both the team and himself.

A must read for avid Dodger fans.

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