The last manager : how Earl Weaver tricked, tormented, and reinvented baseball

Miller, John W., 1977- author.

First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.

Book

New York : Avid Reader Press, 2025.

©2025

ix, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

illustration

"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.

Weaver, Earl, 1930-2013.

Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team) -- History.

Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography.

Biographies.

How Earl Weaver tricked, tormented, and reinvented baseball

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.

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