The last manager : how Earl Weaver tricked, tormented, and reinvented baseball / John W. Miller.

By:

Miller, John W, 1977-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2025Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover editionDescription: ix, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781668030929 (hardcover)
1668030926 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

796.357/092/4

LOC classification:

GV 865 W363M 2025

Contents:

Short note on statistics Part 1: Dreams. Part wizard, part general, part clown Brat vs. brat Part 2: St. Louis. Mound City Gangs of St. Louis Coach Weaver Part 3: Bushes. Lettuce days The buff goat The Earl of Knoxville Bird's nest Climb the flagpole Bull Durham Prince Hal Part 4: Baltimore. Big leaguer Frank The miracle way Bus-league Napoleons Pitching Strike one Clap for the clown ... and defense Supernatural manager Spring of the gun Free Reggie Favorite son Son of Sam Three-run homers You're here for one reason The chosen Thanks, Earl De-Weaverization Things fall apart - Part 5: Fame. Videogame Cooperstown The Earl of Baltimore The manager's cards Epilogue: The players Acknowledgments Notes on sources Notes Bibliography Index Photo credits

Summary: "The first major biography of legendary Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver, The Last Manager is a wild, thrilling, and hilarious ride with baseball's most underappreciated genius, and one of its greatest characters"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index.

Short note on statistics
Part 1: Dreams. Part wizard, part general, part clown
Brat vs. brat
Part 2: St. Louis. Mound City
Gangs of St. Louis
Coach Weaver
Part 3: Bushes. Lettuce days
The buff goat
The Earl of Knoxville
Bird's nest
Climb the flagpole
Bull Durham
Prince Hal
Part 4: Baltimore. Big leaguer
Frank
The miracle way
Bus-league Napoleons
Pitching
Strike one
Clap for the clown
... and defense
Supernatural manager
Spring of the gun
Free Reggie
Favorite son
Son of Sam
Three-run homers
You're here for one reason
The chosen
Thanks, Earl
De-Weaverization
Things fall apart
- Part 5: Fame. Videogame
Cooperstown
The Earl of Baltimore
The manager's cards
Epilogue: The players
Acknowledgments
Notes on sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Photo credits

"The first major biography of legendary Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver, The Last Manager is a wild, thrilling, and hilarious ride with baseball's most underappreciated genius, and one of its greatest characters"-- Provided by publisher.

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