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Three Nights in August
The Sports Plus take
Inside Tony La Russa's dugout for one Cardinals-Cubs series.
Buzz Bissinger, the author of Friday Night Lights, built this book around a single three-game series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, seen through the eyes of manager Tony La Russa. Pitch by pitch, you see how a manager thinks: lineups, matchups, bullpen calls and handling players. A great read for anyone who coaches, or who wants to understand the strategy behind October baseball.
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How it reads
Moderate
Best for
- Baseball coaches
- Fans who love strategy
- Readers of Friday Night Lights
About this book
- Author
- Buzz Bissinger
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Published
- April 1, 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN-10
- 0618710531
- ISBN-13
- 978-0618710539
Book description
New York Times bestseller
A thrilling deep dive into the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball from the acclaimed author of Friday Night Lights
Three Nights in August captures baseball in its quintessential form: the three-game series. As the St. Louis Cardinals battle their archrival Chicago Cubs, we see the dugout through the eyes of legendary manager Tony La Russa, considered by many to be the shrewdest mind in the game today. In his twenty-seven years of managing, La Russa has been named Manager of the Year a record-making five times and now stands as the third-winningest baseball manager of all time. A great leader, he's built his success on the conviction that ball games are won not only by the numbers but also by the hearts and minds of those who play.
Drawing on unprecedented access to a major league manager and his team, Buzz Bissinger brings a revelatory intimacy to baseball and offers some surprising observations. Bissinger also furthers the debate on major league managerial style and strategy in his provocative afterword.
About the author
Buzz Bissinger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of Friday Night Lights, one of the best-known sports books ever written.
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