Three Nights in August Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

Name: Three Nights in August Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
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ISBN: 9780618710539

ISBN-10: 0618710531

ISBN-13: 9780618710539

Edition: 2005

Authors: Buzz Bissinger

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The must-read sports book of the year, Three Nights in August captures the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball"s quintessential form, the three-game series. As the St. Louis Cardinals battle their archrival Chicago Cubs for first place, we watch from 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 won more games than any current manager and has been named Manager of the Year a record five times. A great leader, he"s built his success on the conviction that ballgames are won not only by the numbers but also by the hearts and minds of those who play. …

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/4/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Buzz Bissinger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller 3 Nights in August and Friday Night Lights , which has sold two million copies and inspired a film and TV franchise. He is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and a sports columnist for The Daily Beast . He has written for the New York Times , The New Republic , Time and many other publications.