Weaver on Strategy: The Classic Work on the Art of Managing a Baseball Team

by Earl Weaver, Terry Pluto

Overview

During his career as the manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Earl Weaver was called “baseball’s resident genius.” His distinctive style of managing helped his teams finish first or second thirteen times in his seventeen years as a manager. This volume reveals Weaver’s approach to the game, with a focus on how to manage a roster, a lineup, and a pitching staff. He defines the differences between running a team during a single game and managing it during an entire season. In his characteristically blunt style, Weaver explains everything from how to tell when a pitcher is tiring to how and when to argue with an umpire. Successful ball clubs still mimic his offensive strategies. Readers of this updated edition will learn new ways to think about the game as it’s played today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574884241
Publisher:	Potomac Books
Publication date:	05/01/2002
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	202
Sales rank:	279,261
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Terry Pluto is one of the most prolific sportswriters of our day, writing primarily about baseball and basketball. He lives near Akron, Ohio.

Earl Weaver was enshrined in baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1996 after a career marked by intensity, innovation, wit, and winning. He has done television and radio work and now lives in retirement in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Editorial Reviews

When it comes to running a ballgame, no one did it better than Earl Weaver. And now everyone can learn how he did it.”

“Weaver talking about baseball is worth listening to twice, or even three times.”

“I learned more from Earl Weaver than anyone else I ever played for or against.

From the Publisher