Table of Contents
Foreword Anthony Rizzo vii
Special Introduction Allan H. "Bud" Selig ix
Author's Note xiii
Chapter 1 Tom Ricketts and the New Cubs 1
Chapter 2 Worse Than They Thought 17
Chapter 3 The GM Job 33
Chapter 4 The Money-Mesa, Wrigley, and the Rooftops 53
Chapter 5 Getting Theo 79
Chapter 6 Building the Best Front Office in Baseball 95
Chapter 7 Doubting the Plan 109
Chapter 8 The Arrieta Trade 131
Chapter 9 The Odd Arrival of Joe Maddon 149
Chapter 10 Jon Lester Takes a Leap of Faith 171
Chapter 11 The Three-Headed Monster 183
Chapter 12 2015-The Kids Are Ahead of Schedule 197
Chapter 13 2016-That Magical Year 213
Chapter 14 There Never Was a Curse 231
Chapter 15 Celebration Time in Chicago 255
Afterword: The Inside Story of What Went Wrong After 2016 265
Appendices 283
Acknowledgments 305