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Tinderbox
- HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers
- By: James Andrew Miller
- Narrated by: James Andrew Miller, Amy McFadden, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 43 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
The exclusive story of HBO’s key creators, executives, actors, and directors gives listeners an unprecedented peek behind the curtain at the founding and triumph of the first “pay-channel” that brought America The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire, Succession, and countless groundbreaking, culture-shifting shows. James Andrew Miller collects insider accounts of the humble beginnings, devastating missteps, controversial business decisions, and, of course, backstage drama and celebrity gossip from the set.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great info marred by unedited mispronunciations
- By TJF on 04-25-22
- Tinderbox
- HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers
- By: James Andrew Miller
- Narrated by: James Andrew Miller, Amy McFadden, Robert Petkoff
Loved the book; Hated the sloppy audiobook production
Reviewed: 05-26-23
The book is fascinating, captivating and exquisitely researched and detailed. The audiobook contains dozens (or more) of shocking and lazy audio edits. How could this have possibly passed any sort of QC process? The mistakes are almost entertaining, they are so plentiful. Still worth the read.
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The Only Rule Is It Has to Work
- Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team
- By: Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, John Pruden
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 369
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 368
It's the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies - with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That's what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced statistics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrarators have never watched baseball. Ever!
- By Anon on 06-02-16
- The Only Rule Is It Has to Work
- Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team
- By: Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, John Pruden
This generation's Paper Lion
Reviewed: 12-20-16
Loved this book. Every baseball fan's fantasy come-to-life; two highly skilled "regular guys"/sabermaticians get the chance of a lifetime to run a baseball team for one summer. Granted, it's an Independent League team - and the lowest level Indy League, at that, but an opportunity to put their baseball smarts to a real life test. What happens when they have to manage real, live human beings makes for a very entertaining and enlightening read. Loved it.
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