The Extra 2 Percent: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Pretty disappointing. I was dying for a good baseball book and thought this was it. The baseball stuff was pretty good, but too much background on the old owner, new owner, new leadership's background and the city's fight to get a MLB team. All very dry. When the author discussed how the team evaluates players and some of the moves they made, it was very interesting....but not enough of that. "

" Interesting analysis from one of the better baseball journalists. "The Extra 2%" really gave the reader an inside view of what it was like to be a part of the Rays organization for the better part of the 2000s. Keri really went greatly in-depth when talking about the old regime; as he did while talking about Friedman and Co. "

" Predictably written and not nearly detailed enough. I know what the damn team did, tell me how they did it when other teams couldn't! "

" Fantastic book. Great insight into the Rays' front office strategies, and how changing the culture of a corporation can turn it around virtually overnight. "

" Very interesting read on how the Rays got to be such a good team (and how precarious it is for them to stay there). "

" This book as a fine read, but do not expect the next Moneyball. The author does not go very deep into the actual "Wall Street Strategies" at all. This reads as more of a history of the Tampa Bay franchise rather than an in-depth look at baseball strategies. "

" Interesting book. I enjoyed the stuff on stadiums but it was very scattered. A lot of the book is narrative sugar and in places contradictory. If you liked Moneyball and are a huge sports fan and it's on sale go for it. Otherwise skip it. "

" Good read in the post-Moneyball baseball world. Also interesting for finance junkies. "

" Great read. Now full of admiration for Tampa management... and sort of wishing they weren't in the American League East. "

" Interesting look at an interesting organization. "

" moneyball is better "

" Not that much like "Moneyball." More about the business and somewhat less about the baseball itself. Lots of interesting history about the Rays franchise. "

" Would be great for the casual baseball fan, but as someone who spends my day poring over sabermetric blogs, running a fantasy baseball league, and watching games on Extra Innings, there's not a lot new offered here outside of the section on the Trop lease agreement. "

" an interesting perspective on how the Rays turned it around but...Clearly the level of access wasn't there to write a story as compelling as Moneyball. The first few chapters are filler and the perspective far too one-sided for my tastes. "

" Moneyball light. Good, easy read but did not "wow" me either "

" This book as a fine read, but do not expect the next Moneyball. The author does not go very deep into the actual "Wall Street Strategies" at all. This reads as more of a history of the Tampa Bay franchise rather than an in-depth look at baseball strategies. "

" I enjoy Jonah's for the various websites he writes for and I was definitely happy with this book. It's great for any baseball fan, or fan of the Rays. "

" Not that much like "Moneyball." More about the business and somewhat less about the baseball itself. Lots of interesting history about the Rays franchise. "

" The history of the Rays was interesting. And how the new ownership turned the team around. It got a bit long, though and I felt it got repetitive at the end. "