Earl Weaver biography ‘The Last Manager’ details life of former Orioles skipper
Author John W. Miller, who grew up an Orioles fan, says his biography of Earl Weaver, “The Last Manager,” is “very much my ...
Earl Weaver charmed Baltimore with tirades and lots of winning
John W. Miller’s “The Last Manager” is a biography of the fiery Orioles skipper who was ahead of his time as a strategist ...
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Pittsburgh biographer tells the story of baseball maverick Earl Weaver
In his biography "The Last Manager," Pittsburgh author John Miller show that the Orioles' Earl Weaver was a visionary as well ...
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How an unlikely alliance changed baseball for good
John W. Miller is author of the forthcoming book “The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented and Reinvented Baseball,” from which this piece is adapted. The 1968 Major League ...
The Gamblers and Hustlers That Made Baseball’s Greatest Manager
Earl Weaver learned about playing the odds from his bookmaker uncle. Those lessons would turn him into a pioneer of modern ...
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The Banty, Blustering Genius of Earl Weaver
THE LAST MANAGER: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball, by John W. Miller The greatest sight in Major League Baseball during the 1970s was almost certainly this one ...
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The Gamblers and Hustlers That Made Baseball’s Greatest Manager
When the Black Sox Scandal erupted after eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for throwing the 1919 World Series, big league baseball vowed to crack down on gambling once and for all.
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Louisiana’s Link to a Legend: Earl Weaver’s Time in the Pelican State
Smith, from Jamestown, pitched in the Major League for 18 years from 1980 to 1997 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of ...