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  • Three Nights in August

  • Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
  • By: Buzz Bissinger
  • Narrated by: Jeffrey Nordling
  • Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Three Nights in August

By: Buzz Bissinger
Narrated by: Jeffrey Nordling
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author captures baseball's essence in this account of a dramatic three-game series viewed through the eyes of legendary St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.

Through 25 years of managing, Tony La Russa has won more games than any current manager. He's the most strategically adept and arguably the smartest manager in baseball, and he still believes that games are won not by statistics, but by the hearts and minds of the players.

Given unprecedented access to La Russa and his team, best-selling journalist Bissinger captures baseball's strategic and emotional essence. We watch from the dugout as La Russa's Cardinals take on their archrivals, the Chicago Cubs, in a thrilling three-game series.

Some of the greatest players of our time grace the lineups: Albert Pujols, Sammy Sosa, Scott Rolen, Mark Prior. La Russa, a 40-year veteran of the game, shows why he's so revered. And Bissinger's laser-beam focus uncovers surprising truths about the pathology of slumps, the art of beanball retaliation, the eccentricities of pitchers, and the timelessness of the game. His swinging prose brings every moment gloriously to life.
©2005 Tony La Russa and H.G. Bissinger (P)2005 HighBridge Company
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"Enthralling." ( Booklist)"Mixing classic baseball stories with little-known details and an exclusive perspective, this work should appeal to any baseball fan." ( Publishers Weekly)
"With a knack for detail, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author picks apart the fundamentals of the game, enters the mind of one of baseball's greats, and provides the reader with a front row seat. His ability to bring to life America's pastime is wholly provocative and excruciatingly detailed." ( Bookmarks Magazine)

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Great insight

Excellent listen from start to finish. Great insight into the game especially for the long distance fan

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