Earl the Pearl
If you're at all interested in the history of baseball and one of its most keen managerial minds, check out this article:
Earl Weaver - A Mind for the Game
Earl Weaver was the great manager of the Baltimore Orioles from 1968 - 1982 and 1985 - 1986. He, and the great Casey Stengal before him, possessed insightful, statistics oriented approaches to managing in a time before computers, spreadsheets, and stuffy ivy league grads infiltrated the game.
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