After thirty-three seasons managing in Major League Baseball, Tony La Russa thought he had seen it all--that is, until the 2011 Cardinals. Down ten and a half games with little more than a month to play, the Cardinals had long been ruled out as serious postseason contenders. Yet in the face of those steep odds, this team mounted one of the most dramatic and impressive comebacks in baseball history, making the playoffs on the night of the final game of the season and going on to win the World Series despite being down to their last strike--twice.
Now
La Russa gives the inside story behind this astonishing comeback and
his remarkable career, explaining how a team with so much against it was
able to succeed on baseball's biggest stage. Opening up about the
devastating injuries, the bullpen struggles, the crucial games, and the
players who made it all possible, he reveals how the team's character
shaped its accomplishments, demonstrating how this group came together
in good times and in bad to become that rarest of things: a team that
actually "enjoyed" it when the odds were against them.
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