Description: 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. He reveals with fascinating behind-the-scenes details how, under his expert management, the St. Louis Cardinals emerged victorious in the 2011 World Series.
Brief description:
Tony La Russa managed the St. Louis Cardinals from 1996 to 2011, as well as the Oakland A's and the Chicago White Sox. He has three World Series wins, six league championships, and five Manager of the Year awards, and is ranked third in all-time major league wins. He and his wife, Elaine, founded the Tony La Russa Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, California. They have two daughters, Bianca and Devon.
Rick Hummel has covered baseball for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for forty years. A former president of the Baseball Writers Association of America, he has received numerous awards for his writing and has been honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
Review Quotes:
"I saw it, I remember it, but I'm still not sure I believe it! Tony La Russa explains it all while helping us relive it in these pages." - Bob Costas
"Tony La Russa is the Jack Reacher of baseball, and the 2011 Cards were only one chapter in a long real-life thriller all the more impressive because it's true. You couldn't make this stuff up." - Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author
"Tony La Russa has always inspired me because his leadership is about so much more than winning in baseball. His values, and his steadfast belief in the potential power of his team-and his unsurpassed ability to tap that potential, especially through adversity-hold lessons for any leader who wants to win with dignity and humanity. To get inside Tony's head and heart is to have a front row seat for game seven of the World Series." - Howard Schultz, chairman, president, and CEO of Starbucks