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

Bissinger, Buzz

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618710531 ISBN 13 : 9780618710539

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2006

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0618710531
• ISBN 13: 9780618710539
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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