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Howard Megdal

Biography

Howard Megdal

Howard Megdal is a journalist and editor who has worked hard over his career to equalize coverage between both men and women's sports, while covering baseball, basketball, soccer and other sports. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The IX Newsletter, a daily newsletter covering five different women's sports, and The Next, a 24/7 women's basketball outlet. He is a freelancer for numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and Forbes. His books include THE BASEBALL TALMUD, WILPON'S FOLLY, TAKING THE FIELD and THE CARDINALS WAY.

Howard Megdal

Books by Howard Megdal

The Cardinals Way: How One Team Embraced Tradition and Moneyball at the Same Time
by Howard Megdal - Nonfiction, Sports

Despite years of phenomenal achievements, including going to the World Series in 2004 and again in 2006, the St. Louis Cardinals reinvented themselves using the "Cardinal Way," a term that has come to represent many things to fans, media and other organizations --- from an ironclad code of conduct to the team's cutting-edge use of statistics and analytics, and a farm system that has transformed baseball. Howard Megdal takes fans behind the scenes and off the field, revealing how the players are assessed and groomed using an unrivaled player development system that has created a franchise that is the envy of the baseball world.