TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,John W.
TI  - The last manager: how Earl Weaver tricked, tormented, and reinvented baseball 
SN  - 9781668030929 (hardcover)
AV  - GV 865 W363M 2025
U1  - 796.357/092/4 
PY  - 2025///
CY  - New York
PB  - Avid Reader Press
KW  - Weaver, Earl,
KW  - Weaver, Earl Sidney, 
KW  - Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)
KW  - History
KW  - Orioles de Baltimore (Equipo de béisbol)
KW  - Historia
KW  - Baseball managers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Gerentes de béisbol
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Biografías
KW  - Entrenadores de béisbol
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -