Book Rec of the Day 4/26/2007

Three Nights in August is destined to become a baseball classic. It has everything going for it: a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with total clubhouse access and a compelling hero: legendary manager, Tony La Russa. Bissinger follows just three games that La Russa’s team, the St. Louis Cardinals, play against their rivals, the Chicago Cubs, and reveals more about the inner workings of the game than you can imagine. A home run.

THREE NIGHTS IN AUGUST: STRATEGY, HEARTBREAK, AND JOY INSIDE THE MIND OF A MANAGER, by Buzz Bissinger (Mariner Books, 2006)