Now Available! Tony La Russa, Man On A Mission By Rob Rains

Tony La Russa, Man On A Mission is the "unauthorized" biography of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. Rains chronicles La Russa's life in baseball as well as his personal life from childhood to 2008. La Russa cooperated with Rains, so for the first time readers will get to hear Tony La Russa's take on the various incidents in his baseball career that have been so public. Topics covered in the book include Mark McGwire, La Russa's relationships with other baseball greats, his DUI, steroids, and much, much more. The book was published by Triumph Books.

Tony and Rob at the St. Louis Baseball Writer's Dinner in Jan. 2009. Though the biography was unauthorized, Rains gave LaRussa the opportunity to look over the book and respond.