Long Schott: Building Homes, Dreams, and Baseball Teams
A candid autobiography from the famously reclusive Oakland Athletics owner during the pivotal Moneyball era

As owner of the Oakland A's during the 1990s and early 2000s, Steve Schott fostered a front office culture of experimentation, risk, and autonomy that ultimately changed the course of modern baseball. As a founder of Citation Builders, he has been responsible for the construction of over 50,000 individual residences in the state of California.

Long Schott is a story about unlikely victories, from that feisty A's squad that rallied for a historic 20-game win streak to the booming California real estate market and beyond.

Co-authored by renowned San Francisco Chronicle baseball writer John Shea, this is a fascinating business story encompassing humble beginnings, unprecedented success, and the many lessons learned along the way.
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Long Schott: Building Homes, Dreams, and Baseball Teams
A candid autobiography from the famously reclusive Oakland Athletics owner during the pivotal Moneyball era

As owner of the Oakland A's during the 1990s and early 2000s, Steve Schott fostered a front office culture of experimentation, risk, and autonomy that ultimately changed the course of modern baseball. As a founder of Citation Builders, he has been responsible for the construction of over 50,000 individual residences in the state of California.

Long Schott is a story about unlikely victories, from that feisty A's squad that rallied for a historic 20-game win streak to the booming California real estate market and beyond.

Co-authored by renowned San Francisco Chronicle baseball writer John Shea, this is a fascinating business story encompassing humble beginnings, unprecedented success, and the many lessons learned along the way.
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Long Schott: Building Homes, Dreams, and Baseball Teams

Long Schott: Building Homes, Dreams, and Baseball Teams

by Stephen C. Schott, John Shea
Long Schott: Building Homes, Dreams, and Baseball Teams

Long Schott: Building Homes, Dreams, and Baseball Teams

by Stephen C. Schott, John Shea

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A candid autobiography from the famously reclusive Oakland Athletics owner during the pivotal Moneyball era

As owner of the Oakland A's during the 1990s and early 2000s, Steve Schott fostered a front office culture of experimentation, risk, and autonomy that ultimately changed the course of modern baseball. As a founder of Citation Builders, he has been responsible for the construction of over 50,000 individual residences in the state of California.

Long Schott is a story about unlikely victories, from that feisty A's squad that rallied for a historic 20-game win streak to the booming California real estate market and beyond.

Co-authored by renowned San Francisco Chronicle baseball writer John Shea, this is a fascinating business story encompassing humble beginnings, unprecedented success, and the many lessons learned along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781637270431
Publisher: Triumph Books
Publication date: 06/21/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Stephen C. Schott, a homebuilder and land developer for more than 50 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, owned the Oakland A's baseball team for a decade, a run that featured four straight trips to the postseason. Schott works with his wife through their Stephen C. and Patricia A. Schott Foundation to benefit many programs and agencies, particularly education. He was born and raised in Silicon Valley, where he and his family still live.

John Shea is the author of five baseball books, including the New York Times best-seller with Willie Mays, 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid, and Rickey Henderson's autobiography, Off Base: Confessions of a Thief. He is the award-winning national baseball writer at the San Francisco Chronicle.

Table of Contents

Foreword Paul DePodesta ix

Preface xv

Part 1 My Roots

Chapter 1 A Spiritual Upbringing 3

Chapter 2 My Family 6

Chapter 3 A Model Child, My Brother, Larry 10

Chapter 4 I Wanted to Be a Farmer 14

Chapter 5 The Musical Side of the Family 18

Chapter 6 Pass It Down 21

Chapter 7 A Sports Fan through the Years 26

Part 2 Playing Ball

Chapter 8 "Can You Pitch?" 33

Chapter 9 The Story of Curt Flood 37

Chapter 10 Getting Noticed by the Scouts 40

Chapter 11 A College "Change-Over" 43

Chapter 12 A Memorable Summer in Canada 50

Chapter 13 How Baseball Helped Create a Friendship with Wayne Newton 56

Chapter 14 Pro Ball Dreams 61

Part 3 Building the As

Chapter 15 It All Began with an NFL Expansion Bid 69

Chapter 16 Setting the Budget 74

Chapter 17 The Raiders and the Horror That Is Mount Davis 77

Chapter 18 Unfortunate Press Briefings 82

Chapter 19 Baseball's Owners 85

Chapter 20 Difficult Roster Conversations 91

Part 4 The Moneyball Years

Chapter 21 The Transition from Sandy Alderson to Billy Beane 97

Chapter 22 The Moneyball Book and Movie 102

Chapter 23 20-Game Win Streak 108

Chapter 24 La Russa, Howe, and Macha 112

Chapter 25 Hudson, Mulder, and Zito 117

Chapter 26 McGwire, Giambi, and Tejada 120

Chapter 27 Bittersweet Octobers 126

Chapter 28 Radio, TV, and Tommy Lasorda 132

Chapter 29 Yankees Stories 138

Part 5 Selling the A's

Chapter 30 Territorial Rights? No Such Thing! 145

Chapter 31 The Co-Owner 149

Chapter 32 Joe Lacob's Interest in the A's 152

Chapter 33 Why I Sold 158

Chapter 34 A Future Stadium 163

Part 6 Succeeding in Business

Chapter 35 The Lesson of Sticking with It 169

Chapter 36 Moving up the Ladder 174

Chapter 37 Wayne Valley, My Mentor and the Man Who Hired Al Davis…Twice 180

Chapter 38 First-Time Homebuyers 183

Chapter 39 Air Travel 188

Chapter 40 Rush Limbaugh and Paul Allen 192

Chapter 41 Golf Stories 196

Chapter 42 10 Business Tips 201

Part 7 Pride in the Alma Mater

Chapter 43 The Class of 1960 207

Chapter 44 Leon Panetta, an American Success Story 212

Chapter 45 Everett Alvarez Jr., an American Hero 216

Part 8 Giving Back

Chapter 46 A New Ballpark 223

Chapter 47 Dedicating an Athletic Center 227

Chapter 48 The Horatio Alger Award 233

Chapter 49 Honoring the Military 237

Chapter 50 Charity Begins at Home and Lasts Forever 241

Acknowledgments 245

Sources 248

Index 249

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