Earl Weaver biography ‘The Last Manager’ details life of former Orioles skipper
When Earl Weaver died in January 2013, John W. Miller was covering the steel industry for the Wall Street Journal. But someone on the sports desk knew Miller was a baseball nut — a former college ...
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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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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 ...
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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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From Jesse Owens to Bill Walton, 40 years of Elmira-Corning All Sports Banquet speakers
The Elmira-Corning All Sports Banquet was an annual event that ran for 40 years, from 1966 to 2005. The Elmira-Corning All Sports Banquet featured the biggest names in sports during a 40-year run ...
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Earl Weaver biography ‘The Last Manager’ details life of former Orioles skipper
When Earl Weaver died in January 2013, John W. Miller was covering the steel industry for the Wall Street Journal. But someone on the sports desk knew Miller was a baseball nut — a former ...