The
last manager
how Earl Weaver tricked, tormented, and reinvented baseball
Miller, John W.
1977-
creator
text
bibliography
biography
nyu
2025
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
monographic
eng
ix, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"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"--
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
John W. Miller.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index.
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Weaver, Earl
1930-2013
Weaver, Earl Sidney
1930-2013
Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)
History
Orioles de Baltimore (Equipo de béisbol)
Historia
Baseball managers
United States
Biography
Gerentes de béisbol
Estados Unidos
Biografías
Entrenadores de béisbol
Estados Unidos
Biografías
GV 865 W363M 2025
796.357/092/4
9781668030929 (hardcover)
1668030926 (hardcover)
2024033511
DLC
241016
20251030153705.0
23893538
eng