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 enlarge | Author: Buzz Bissinger
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 340483
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1565119762
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3570977866
EAN: 9781565119765
ASIN: 1565119762
Publication Date: April 7, 2005
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 Doving into LaRussa's mind. May 2, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Three Nights in August is a great, detailed account of what goes on with the Cardinals and specifically with one of the greatest managers in baseball history, Tony LaRussa. LaRussa is guarded and this book opens up his stragedies, his history in the game and the decisions that he makes. Bissinger has an amazing knack to pinpoint every detail of the game. We also take a look inside the Cardinal clubhouse and the heart-wrenching decisions that LaRussa makes everyday.
Bissinger book's 'filthy' good April 19, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was attracted to this book because I'm a Cubs fan and heard about Bissinger around the movie release of "Friday Night Lights."
"Three Nights in August" gets into the mind of Tony LaRussa, one of the greatest tacticians to ever manage the game of baseball. Bissinger makes us feel the loneliness LaRussa feels at the end of the dugout, shows how the emotional and physical demands of the game take a toll on his family, and gets into the minutia of three games to see how tiny behind-the-scenes decisions like putting on a hit-and-run or stealing another's teams signs can affect the outcome of a game.
Weaved around these games are stories of the players, like comeback kid Cal Eldred, still pitching after four arm surgeries and more than 1,000 days between wins; or the insouciant JD Drew, too confident to play with heart. There is also the tragic tale of Darryl Kile, the Cards' pitcher found dead in June 2002 before a series against the Cubs. Bissinger finishes with a short narrative about the 2004 season, the year the Cards won their division with the best record in baseball, but were swept by the Red Sox in the World Series.
"Three Nights in August" is lyrical without being overly romantic and factual without being overly analytical. Kind of like Tony LaRussa, a statistics junkie who ultimately decides with his heart.
Inside view. March 24, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was written with the baseball fan in mind and the writer succeeded in getting the fan's attention, me being a Cardinals fan made the book even more interesting and is on the top of my list. The look from inside the clubhouse opened doors which until now have stayed shut and made Tony La Russa look more human to me and a lot of other people. The book also clarified the lonelines of the manager's job and how hard it must be to live without family and friends. Great read and highly recommended to all baseball fans, this book makes me wonder if Buzz Bissinger's other books are just as good.
Enthralling March 13, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is Bissinger's account of a three game series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. Interspersed with the story of the games, is the story of Tony LaRussa. The reader is treated to the story of LaRussa's life, his struggles and the vagaries of being a manager in MLB today. Interspersed is the back story of each of the pivotal players in the series, as well as a description of Darryl Kile, who died during that season. Bissinger does a great job of mixing game action with the thoughts and feelings of those involved.
The most compelling aspect of the story is the description of how LaRussa strategizes for each game, makes decisions, and manages in the late innings. He truly is one of the most masterful managers out there. Bissinger does get a bit too admiring in his descriptions, to the point where you wonder if LaRussa was the one who actually wrote certain bits of the book. I know Tony's smart, but he's not Einstein. This is a minor quibble, and the rest of the book more than makes up for this small shortcoming.
A definite keeper, and a great book for baseball fans.
Buzz is the Man February 21, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This depiction of baseball was very interesting & insightful. Bissinger again scores very high marks after his success with Friday Night Lights. I am not a huge baseball fan but do enjoy well written provocative literature. I will wait anxiously for Buzz's next offering.
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