| Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager Contributor(s): Bissinger, Buzz (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618710531 ISBN-13: 9780618710539 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: Showing that human nature--not statistics--dictates the outcome of ballgames, the author watches from the dugout as a spectacular series unfolds between the Cardinals and their archrivals, the Cubs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Sports & Recreation | Coaching - Baseball |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2006283290 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.4" W x 8.22" (0.70 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Locality - St. Louis, Missouri |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, 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 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 new afterword. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bissinger, Buzz: - 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. |