
Buzz Saw
The Improbable Story of How the Washington Nationals Won the World Series
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Narrado por:
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Angelo Di Loreto
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Jesse Dougherty
The remarkable story of the 2019 World Series champion Washington Nationals told by the Washington Post writer who followed the team most closely.
By May 2019, the Washington Nationals - owners of baseball’s oldest roster - had one of the worst records in the majors and just a 1.5 percent chance of winning the World Series. Yet by blending an old-school brand of baseball with modern analytics, they managed to sneak into the playoffs and put together the most unlikely postseason run in baseball history. Not only did they beat the Houston Astros, the team with the best regular-season record, to claim the franchise’s first championship - they won all four games in Houston, making them the first club to ever win four road games in a World Series.
"You have a great year, and you can run into a buzz saw," Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg told Washington Post beat writer Jesse Dougherty after the team advanced to the World Series. "Maybe this year we’re the buzz saw." Dougherty followed the Nationals more closely than any other writer in America, and in Buzz Saw he recounts the dramatic year in vivid detail, taking listeners inside the dugout, the clubhouse, the front office, and ultimately the championship parade.
Yet he does something more than provide a riveting retelling of the season: He makes the case that while there is indisputable value to Moneyball-style metrics, baseball isn’t just a numbers game. Intangibles like team chemistry, veteran experience, and childlike joy are equally essential to winning. Certainly, no team seemed to have more fun than the Nationals, who adopted the kids’ song "Baby Shark" as their anthem and regularly broke into dugout dance parties. Buzz Saw is just as lively and rollicking - a fitting tribute to one of the most exciting, inspiring teams to ever take the field.
©2020 Jesse Dougherty (P)2020 Simon & Schuster AudioListeners also enjoyed...




















As a baseball fan and a fan of the Washington Nationals, I was so excited for this book. But, I did not think it would be so detailed, so wonderful. If you are a true baseball fan, love the ins and outs of the season (trades, transactions, an inside look), you will LOVE Buzz Saw.
Awestruck - No Way Around It
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Captivating
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Great book, mediocre narration
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A must read or must listen!
Amazing read👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Love the subject!
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Great read for baseball fans, but speed up the narrator!
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I didn’t expect it...
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Well-written. Nostalgia overload.
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Audio version of this book was so-so. It was a profile of the 2019 championship season for the Washington Nationals. Good profiles are in the book on manager Dave Martinez and World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg. However, it felt incomplete- it felt like a lot more could be told about the team. Given how soon this was published after the Nationals won the World Series, that seems to be the case. The narration was okay, but slow. I listened at 1.25 setting just to hear him talk at more "normal" pace that I am used to with audiobooks. But overall it was worth a listen
Okay audio book on the world champs
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Disappointed
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