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

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

by Buzz Bissinger

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... (read more)

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Kyle T
  • Rated 4 stars

Three Nights in August, Buzz Bissinger, April 2005

NON-FICTION Details:

Setting:
Busch Stadium, 2003 season, in St. Louis, MO

Important Names:
Tony LaRussa-St. Louis Cardinals manager
Albert "The Great" Pujols-St. Louis Cardinals star
Dusty Baker-Chicago Cubs manager
Dave Duncan-St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach

Plot:
In the heat of a pennant race, the St. Louis Cardinals hold a pivitol summer three-game series against rival,...

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ArneSaknussemm
  • Rated 2 stars

I am a baseball nut, I am a huge Cardinal fan, I remember these nights in detail. I was a bit disapointed. The book is only OK at best. It is a good look into what takes place over the course of a game and a weekend series between two historic rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals and those dreaded Chicago Cubs. It gives you a picture that you dont see in the box score but it reads about as exciting as the box score. I do applaud that the profit on the book sales goes to an animal charity, way...

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