One Last Strike audiobook

This is a great book told by a great baseball mind. Itgives you insight into one of the best manager's thoughts, feelings and strategies of the game. Excellent read. Really a must for any baseball fan. Amust for Cardinals fans.

Tony La Russa is a lawyer. The book reflects his legal training. He says everything he wants you to know!!! At some points, the book becomes laborious. Very Lawyerly.La Russa defies the Fanboy ideas that a Manager exists to make out the lineup card, argue with umpires, change pitchers, scream at his own players, or pat them on the ass when they do well.La Russa was highly prepared. (Lawyer). He churned decisions over and over before making them. (Lawyer).The stress of his job screams at the reader, while he downplays it. (Lawyer).The book covers the 2011 Cardinals Championship season and a lot more.La Russa is a COMPETITOR!!!Highly recommended for a fan who seeks genuine knowledge!!

I'm a huge Cardinals fan, so perhaps fans of other teams might not rate it so highly. It tells a great story, even one whose ending is known beforehand. It could perhaps be a little shorter, and sometimes La Russa's storytelling thread gets tangled up a bit when he looks back to other moments during his career. There were also a few head scratching items that seem like errors (for example, right at the end, he seems to say Tim Lincecum won the Cy Young in 2010, when actually Roy Halladay won). A very fun read for people interested in the inner workings of a baseball team.

Tony LaRussa talks about the last year of his career ending in a World Series title. He looks back to the other teams he has managed talks about various players and coaches. Full of stats and believe me he keeps "Notes". If your not into stats this may bore you, but if your a true fan or at least a Cardinal fan this is a keeper.

Insightful perspective into the mind of the former Cardinals Manager. It still surprises me that so many of my close friends and loyal Cardinals fans despise Tony La Russa so much. Perhaps if they read this book, they might appreciate the great care that Tony took into his profession.

“There’s no metric that can adequately measure the size of a guy’s heart.”Once upon a time, the manager was king. He made the decisions. He was the general. The team was his soldiers. His coaches were his trusted lieutenants.The days of the authoritarian baseball manager are gone. Blame it on sabermetrics. Blame it on free agency and the big business of baseball. No longer do billionaires give complete control of their millionaires to a single manager. More than ever, baseball has become a team sport, from the general manager down to the bat boy.Tony LaRussa was a game changer that brought baseball into a new age. He was the last of the influential captains but also the first of the highly intelligent diamond strategists. He was the link between the old school and the new school.One Last Strike tells two amazing stories simultaneously. On the surface, LaRussa recalls the improbable season (and post-season) of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals. On a deeper level, LaRussa reflects back on his amazing journey through baseball from a mediocre player to a naïve skipper to a humble veteran manager.This is an amazing book written by a true baseball man. Managing a team is not science, it is an art. Keeping 25 prized athletes focused for 162 games is no easy task, but Tony LaRussa did it with such ease and determination. If you are interested in the inner workings of a Hall of Fame manager’s brain, then this is the perfect book for you.

One Last Strike is a must read for any Cardinals fan, any baseball fan, and really any fan of a good underdog story.Now, I may be biased with my review being that the 2011 Cardinal's season will resonate in my memory for the entirety of my life, I can only hope to experience the emotions felt that year again which this book helped rekindle the rollercoaster of emotions all Cardinal's fan endured that year. The book walks you through the season, highlighting key moments as well as giving you some needed behind the scene stories, hidden to the public at the time. But, this book gave an insight into one of the game's most successful minds. A treat for any baseball fan, and allowed us to view the game through a totally different lens, truly an eye opening experience as I now have a more appreciated view on both the tactical and human decisions that can change a game's outcome.

Very in depth review of La Russa's decision-making process during the 2011 championship season, with some reminiscenses about his 50 or years in baseball as well. The book is incredibly detailed about the 2011 postseason and every decision he made, good or bad, so will be of interest to anyone who have ever weighed what options managers are considering. It also goes into detail about his process for keeping players motivated over a long season, and in that sense would be a useful read for anyone in a leadership position.

A look at the 2011 cardinals championship season through the eyes of their manager, Tony la Russa are explored in this sort of memoir. Tony goes into detail about some of the big games during the season in great detail and also explored someOf the big moments in is long baseball career. This is definitely for a baseball fan or a fan of the cardinals. It’s interesting for sure.

What a great book on sports, leadership, teamwork, integrity, passion, heartbreak, love, devotion, belonging, determination, and just plain ol' dumb luck.In other words, a guidebook of sorts on life.

A must read for every fan who bled Cardinal red in 2011.

Enjoyable story of the 2011 Cardinals magic year, but a little hard to follow with all of the back and forth between the season and different anecdotes from the past.

Wonderful

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I enjoyed reading this book about the St. Louis Cardinals 2011 Post Season & World Series!!!