Determined to revive a floundering franchise in the New York Mets, general manager Sandy Alderson takes centers stage in Steve Kettmann's book "Sandy Alderson: Baseball Maverick, How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets."

Alderson, who spent the last five years trying to bring the Mets back to its glory days, has presented himself in front of the public as a poised front-office executive who is not worried to crack some joke here and there about the Mets' mundane state.

However, Kettmann pictured a different Mets general manager in his book, who is someone passionate about his job and extremely addicted to winning games. Also, the book narrated an incident on a June 14 Mets game at Citi Field that saw Alderson fuming over the critical errors of Gonzalez Germen (Chicago Cubs) and Chris Young (New York Yankees), who are now both playing with different teams.

Here's an excerpt of Alderson's take on Germen via New York Daily News:

"'Why does he think it's called a changeup?' Alderson groused, getting up to go walk around in the rear portion of the suite and watch on TV.

"Warthen came out for a mound conference. Alderson was sure he was out there to remind Germen to establish a fastball. Warthen headed back to the dugout, and Germen peered in for the sign and made his first pitch to Alexi Amarista. It was a changeup.

"'Throw a goddamned fastball!' came ringing out from the deep recesses of the suite.

"It hardly mattered that Amarista flied out to left or that Germen got out of the inning without further damage. Alderson steamed through the remainder of the game. It was agony, one of the worst days of the year for him. I asked him once what the hardest part of being general manager was, and he did not have to search his thoughts to offer an answer: 'The hardest part is living with losses,' he told me. 'You live with them on a day-to-day basis during the season and you have to live with them in the offseason. Nobody in baseball goes home happy at the end of the season except if you won the World Series. I know that from personal experience.'"

Roughly five years since taking over the general position from Omar Minaya, the Mets are still searching for the first playoff appearance since 2006. And although there's a lot of work left before the Mets' revival finally happens, Alderson, as what Kettmann suggests, apparently has what it takes to elevate the franchise to the next level.