When in Doubt, Fire the Skipper

Midseason Managerial Changes in Major League Baseball
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7864-7892-7
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 532 g

The book chronicles almost 300 in-season changes of managers in the major leagues since 1900. It elaborates on the circumstances that led to the change, whether it was a firing or a resignation and includes, in many cases, remarks of the dismissed manager, the manager who replaced him, and the executive (owner or general manager) who orchestrated the change in managers. It then examines how the team fared after the change. The purpose of the book is to study the effects of the changes. How many had a positive impact, how many had a negative impact, and how many had little if any impact on the team's won-lost record.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Webster, Gary

Über Autor(innen)

Gary Webster is a graduate of Kent State University with a degree in telecommunications. He has spent more than 25 years in commercial radio in northeastern Ohio and is the author of two other books about the Cleveland Indians.