{"product_id":"earl-weaver-michael-y-scott-9798249205324","title":"Earl Weaver: The Fiery Genius Who Revolutionized Baseball Strategy, Kicked Dirt On Umpires, And Proved That A Short Guy With A Big Brain Could Outsmar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's a reason umpires saw Earl Weaver coming and braced themselves. At 5'7\" on a generous day, he wasn't exactly an imposing figure - until he opened his mouth. Then all bets were off.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarl Weaver: The Fiery Genius Who Revolutionized Baseball Strategy, Kicked Dirt On Umpires, And Proved That A Short Guy With A Big Brain Could Outsmart Everybody is the full, unfiltered story of one of baseball's most brilliant and maddening minds. Weaver never played a single game in the major leagues. Didn't matter. He went on to manage the Baltimore Orioles for seventeen seasons, win over a thousand games, and get himself ejected more times than most managers care to count. He loved the three-run homer, hated the sacrifice bunt, and was running a version of sabermetrics before anyone had a name for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't just a baseball book. It's the story of a stubborn, complicated man who bet everything on his own instincts - and mostly won. A guy who could be infuriating and brilliant in the same breath, who earned the respect of players who'd watched him lose his mind on a field more times than they could remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe changed how the game is managed. He just did it loudly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the book and you'll understand why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Y. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249205324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Michael Y. Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50594222702847,"sku":"9798249205324","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_210ab920-2cf4-4b57-89d4-224abed5584b.jpg?v=1791132901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/earl-weaver-michael-y-scott-9798249205324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}