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A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Located in: South Lyon, Michigan, United States
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller notes
- Type
- Textbook
- Publication Name
- Three Nights In August
- Features
- 1st Edition, Signed
- ISBN
- 9780618405442
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618405445
ISBN-13
9780618405442
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43934224
Product Key Features
Book Title
Three Nights in August : Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy-Inside the Mind of a Manager
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
20.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-065134
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
796.357/09778/66
Table Of Content
CONTENTS Preface xi Foreword by Tony La Russa xvii Prologue 1 GAME ONE 1 Fear Factor 17 2 Locked In 26 3 "I"m Gonna Kill You!" 41 4 The Peeker 53 5 The Pitcher"s Tale 67 6 Praying for Change 85 GAME TWO 7 Gonzalez Must Pay 105 8 Light My Fire 121 9 Whodunit 138 10 Being There 156 11 Under Pressure 175 GAME THREE 12 D.K. 199 13 Thing of Beauty 216 14 Kiss My Ass 224 15 Three Nights in August 240 Epilogue 254 Postscript 264 A Note on Sources 269 Acknowledgments 271 Index 273
Synopsis
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author captures baseball's strategic and emotional essences through a point-blank account of one three-game series viewed through the keen eyes of legendary manager Tony La Russa. Drawing on unprecedented access to a manager and his team, Bissinger brings the same revelatory intimacy to major-league baseball that he did to high school football in his classic besteller, Friday Night Lights. Three Nights in August shows thrillingly that human nature -- not statistics -- can often dictate the outcome of a ballgame. We watch from the dugout as the St. Louis Cardinals battle their archrival Chicago Cubs for first place, and we uncover delicious surprises about the psychology of the clutch, the eccentricities of pitchers, the rise of video, and the complex art of retaliation when a batter is hit by a pitch. Through the lens of these games, Bissinger examines the dramatic changes that have overtaken baseball: from the decline of base stealing to the difficulty of motivating players to the rise of steroid use. More tellingly, he distills from these twenty-seven innings baseball's constants -- its tactical nuances, its emotional pull. During his twenty-six years of managing, La Russa won more games than any other current manager and ranks sixth all-time. He has been named Manager of the Year a record five times and is considered by many to be the shrewdest mind in the game today. For all his intellectual attainments, he's also an antidote to the number-crunching mentality that has become so modish in baseball. As this book proves, he's built his success on the conviction that ballgames are won not only by thenumbers but also by the hearts and minds of those who play.
LC Classification Number
GV875.S74B57 2005
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- 13 May, 2020
Interesting look at managing baseball.
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- a***a (178)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseWhat a great seller I would definitely buy from this person over and over again very fast shipping excellent packaging original packaging as well. That’s always a plus. The piece is exactly as described plus it’s autographed which is always great and it came with a COA. I definitely consider that this was a value at the cost I paid. I don’t plan on reselling it, but if I did, I would not sell it as low as I bought it and I’m grateful for that.Detroit Red Wings Darren McCarty Autographed Little Caesar's Bobblehead JSA COA (#326275916604)
- 5***f (34)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat seller! Offered me my book for a very good price. The book arrived exactly as described and was well-packaged.
- f***i (582)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat seller to do business with! Great communication, very kind and helpful! Great packaging! Super fast shipping and delivery! I would highly recommend this seller to everyone!!!