Reddit reviews Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

best way to learn about things is to read about them; luckily baseball is easy to read about because it's amazing

http://www.amazon.com/Stan-Musial-An-American-Life/dp/0345517075

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Nights-August-Strategy-Heartbreak/dp/B002CMLRAQ

http://www.amazon.com/October-1964-David-Halberstam/dp/0449983676

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/677858.The_Spirit_of_St_Louis

can vouch for all of those. also if you're a new fan of baseball, you should read baseball books in general because the history of the sport is incredibly rich. feel free to ask

You can't really fault LaRussa for leaving the A's. Render that Mr Haas died in 1995 and his family sold the team to Schott and Hoffman. No one knew what was going to happen, but it was clear the new owners weren't trying to win now. After Haas died those were some rough years for us until the early 2000's. I've always respected LaRussa and one of my prized possessions is a baseball that my grandfather got autographed by him and gave to me back in the late 80s. By all accounts LaRussa is a stand up guy and his ARF does a lot of good for animals.

Also, one of the better books I've read is 3 Nights in August about a Cubs/Cards series. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002CMLRAQ?pc_redir=1405024198&robot_redir=1

Needless to say, I really want this bobblehead.