A Young Manager's Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life
Crown Archetype
February 2015
On Sale: February 3, 2015
224 pages ISBN: 055344669X EAN: 9780553446692 Kindle: B00MKZ9AYA Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
โNothing worth doing right is easy.โ โMike Matheny
Mike Matheny was just forty-one, without professional managerial experience and looking for a next step after a successful career as a Major League catcher, when he succeeded the legendary Tony La Russa as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012. While Matheny has enjoyed immediate success, leading the Cards to the postseason three times in his first three years, people have noticed something else about his life, something not measured in day-to-day results.
Instead, itโs based on a frankly worded letter he wrote to the parents of a Little League team he coached, a cry for change that became an Internet sensation and eventually a โmanifesto.โ
The tough-love philosophy Matheny expressed in the letter contained his throwback beliefs that authority should be respected, discipline and hard work rewarded, spiritual faith cultivated, family made a priority, and humility considered a virtue. In The Matheny Manifesto, he builds on his original letter by first diagnosing the problem at the heart of youth sports it starts with parents and coaches and then by offering a hopeful path forward.
Along the way, he uses stories from his small-town childhood as well as his career as a player, coach, and manager to explore eight keys to success: leadership, confidence, teamwork, faith, class, character, toughness, and humility.
From โThe Coach Is Always Right, Even When Heโs Wrongโ to โLet Your Catcher Call the Game,โ Mathenyโs old-school advice might not always be popular or politically correct, but it works.
His entertaining and deeply inspirational book will not only resonate with parents, coaches, and athletes, it will also be a powerful reminder, from one of the most successful new managers in the game, of what sports can teach us all about winning on the field and in life.
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