3 Nights in August

Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy inside the mind of a Manager.
Written by Buzz Bissinger Author of Friday Night Lights
Excerpt from Book:

"Lau was the batting instructor for White Sox when LaRussa managed there after having already left his trademark on Yankees and Kansas City Royals. Lau died tragically of cancer in 1984, but he left a profound legacy. LaRussa believes that Lau single-handedly influenced the game of baseball more than any individual in the past quarter century, because of the way he used video when no one really knew what video was. He broke down the swing frame by frame, saw that great hitters have certain absolutes. He studied he swing, examined it, instead of simply assuming the mechanics of it, he figured out a new approach for it."

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