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Title: Inside baseball
Review: I must be the last Cardinals fan to read this book, but I had master's degree to finish and this wasn't on the reading list. Having waited, I get to read it with a greater degree of hindsight, now that LaRussa has retired and Matheny is manager. I plan to tag-team this book with LaRussa's new book about last season's run for the championship. Even without all those caveats, this is the best inside baseball book I've read. It explains why few managers are as successful or long-tenured as LaRussa--few managers have what it takes in the way of brains, dedication, intensity, and most of all, love of the game for the game's sake. One part of that hindsight is reading about Matheny as a player and seeing the early makings of a manager. For all those who thought the Cardinals were taking too big a gamble on hiring Matheny because of lack of experience, this book will show you that he wasn't the neophyte everyone thought.
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