One Last Strike
Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 14, 2013
In this New York Times best-selling comeback story, legendary baseball manager Tony La Russa reveals the thrilling behind-the-scenes details of how he led the St.
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- Who it’s for
- A candid, behind-the-scenes account of the Cardinals’ improbable 2011 championship run.
- Themes
- Baseball, Team leadership, Overcoming adversity
- Pacing
- Fast
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In this New York Times best-selling comeback story, legendary baseball manager Tony La Russa reveals the thrilling behind-the-scenes details of how he led the St. Louis Cardinals to the 2011 World Series victory, despite countless injuries, mishaps, and roadblocks along the way.
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Tony La Russa, the winner of four Manager of the Year awards—who led his teams to six Pennant wins and three World Series crowns—chronicles one of the most exciting end-of-season runs in baseball history, revealing with fascinating behind-the-scenes details how, under his expert management, the St. Louis Cardinals emerged victorious in the 2011 World Series despite countless injuries, mishaps, and roadblocks along the way. Talking candidly about the remarkable season—and his All-Star players like Albert Pujols and David Freese—the recently retired La Russa celebrates his fifty years in baseball, his team’s amazing recovery from 10 ½ games back, and one final, unforgettable championship in a book that no true baseball fan will want to miss.
A Season Reclaimed
A candid, behind-the-scenes account of the Cardinals’ improbable 2011 championship run.
Come here for
- The craft of managing through injuries, mishaps, and roadblocks
- A baseball lifer’s view of one final championship season
Expect
- A sustained look at the Cardinals’ late-season recovery
- Reflections spanning La Russa’s fifty years in baseball
Where it sits
| Sports Lives | 60% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 45% |
| Baseball | 43% |
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Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Lives of the Rich & Famous
- Sports Lives
- Personal Memoirs
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- World History
- Baseball
- Baseball Coaching
- Baseball History
- Authors
- Tony La Russa
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 14, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Baseball · Team leadership · Overcoming adversity
- Reading lane
- Lives in History