Skipper : why baseball managers matter and always will /
Miller, Scott, 1963-2025
Skipper : why baseball managers matter and always will / Scott Miller. - First edition. - ix, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Prologe-PET projects
Office spaces and offspring
It's only a game
The autocrats
Cribbage and skunks: the players' managers
American skin: the margins
Laptops and lap dogs
The upstairs Vs. the downstairs
Tangled up in Dodger Blue
The new norm
The new rules
Epilogue-The future
"Skipper takes on an ambitious Moneyball-esque premise: a deep dive into the ongoing struggle for control that often takes place behind the scenes between MLB managers and the ownership groups, and now, their data analysts. In a culture still attempting to come to terms with the Digital Age, there's a bigger story behind the evolution of authority of managing inside the major leagues. Packed with baseball history, interviews with dozens of MLB's current stars and veterans, and an exclusive, inside look at the day-to-day life of a manager competing for the World Series, the LA Dodgers' Dave Roberts, Skipper is a fascinating look into the highs, the lows, and the inner workings of the changing world of professional baseball"--
9780306832703 (hardcover) 0306832704 (hardcover)
2024054137
Roberts, Dave, 1933-.
Roberts, Dave 1933-2021
Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)--History.
Los Dodgers de Los Ángeles (equipo de béisbol) --Historia
Baseball--History.--United States
Béisbol --Historia --Estados Unidos
African American baseball managers--Biography.
Mánagers de béisbol afroamericanos --Biografías
Baseball managers--United States--Biography.
Mánagers de béisbol --Estados Unidos --Biografías
Biographies.
GV 863 / M651s 2025
796.357090973
Skipper : why baseball managers matter and always will / Scott Miller. - First edition. - ix, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Prologe-PET projects
Office spaces and offspring
It's only a game
The autocrats
Cribbage and skunks: the players' managers
American skin: the margins
Laptops and lap dogs
The upstairs Vs. the downstairs
Tangled up in Dodger Blue
The new norm
The new rules
Epilogue-The future
"Skipper takes on an ambitious Moneyball-esque premise: a deep dive into the ongoing struggle for control that often takes place behind the scenes between MLB managers and the ownership groups, and now, their data analysts. In a culture still attempting to come to terms with the Digital Age, there's a bigger story behind the evolution of authority of managing inside the major leagues. Packed with baseball history, interviews with dozens of MLB's current stars and veterans, and an exclusive, inside look at the day-to-day life of a manager competing for the World Series, the LA Dodgers' Dave Roberts, Skipper is a fascinating look into the highs, the lows, and the inner workings of the changing world of professional baseball"--
9780306832703 (hardcover) 0306832704 (hardcover)
2024054137
Roberts, Dave, 1933-.
Roberts, Dave 1933-2021
Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)--History.
Los Dodgers de Los Ángeles (equipo de béisbol) --Historia
Baseball--History.--United States
Béisbol --Historia --Estados Unidos
African American baseball managers--Biography.
Mánagers de béisbol afroamericanos --Biografías
Baseball managers--United States--Biography.
Mánagers de béisbol --Estados Unidos --Biografías
Biographies.
GV 863 / M651s 2025
796.357090973