Finished this audiobook. It was good. I always want more depth but that's a me problem not the book's problem.

I was thrilled to arrive home from our holiday earlier this week to find that this gorgeous thing had arrived from @thetwinbill.bsky.social I'm grateful! So nice to think of the book reaching some readers who are on its wavelength.

Things I learned today from the book about Earl Weaver: what bench jockeying is and the scene in Bull Durham where Costner fights with the ump is based on Weaver.

Earl Weaver, circa 1979 Baltimore #Orioles #Baseball

My patience has paid off and now I'm listening to a book about the best baseball manager ever: Earl Weaver.

Earl Weaver was the first non-Yankee manager to win three consecutive pennants since the 1930s.

Happy World Cup year

The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball (2025) by John W. Miller A delightful look at one of the most important and fun figures in baseball history.

If anyone is looking to make a holiday donation, the scholarship in my nephew’s name is a fine choice. gofund.me/062dcc636

Grateful for this. Thank you O's fans for reading/buying/supporting the book! www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/2025/12/26/t...

Grateful for this. Thank you O's fans for reading/buying/supporting the book! www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/2025/12/26/t...

Best of 2025: @jmjournalist.bsky.social

One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

I finished this last week and this book is so much fun there should probably be some FDA guidance on how much of it is safe to consume in one 24-hour period

60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

(Publisher's Note: This article was public on the blog Moundsville.org and has been shared with LEDE News by the author.) Every December, until around 40 years ago, town leaders in Moundsville, WV erected a giant Christmas tree on top of the Grave Creek Mound. ledenews.com/was-it-ok-to...

This book is great!

That’s a very good call…

“The Last Manager” wins Casey Award as best baseball book of 2025. Awarded annually by Spitball, America’s best literary baseball magazine. I loved getting the call: “John, this is Mike Shannon, editor of Spitball Magazine…”

“The Last Manager” wins Casey Award as best baseball book of 2025. Awarded annually by Spitball, America’s best literary baseball magazine. I loved getting the call: “John, this is Mike Shannon, editor of Spitball Magazine…”

It’s true! See you there! Bring friends!! ⚾️👊

I wrote about Seattle's non-canceled Pride Match, what the World Cup is really about and how to save it from itself. Column @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

John Miller, The Last Manager (Earl Weaver)

This infuriates me. They're embedding an AI in Kindles that is empowered to analyze our books without our permission and tell the reader about them....likely inaccurately. We have no recourse. writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...

Need a Christmas present for someone who enjoys soccer and waiting a long time for things? The sort of person who savors the sweet anticipation of a 0-0 match going to extra-time? Have I got the gift for you. Buy it for them now and they'll get it May 12! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...

This generation of the United States men's national team was raised on the indelible moments made by their predecessors. Next summer, their job is to pay it forward and create more of them. Oh, and reach the round-of-16. At least. Column @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Again @squawkinsports.bsky.social killed. A unique night b/c none of us on the dais know shit about F1. The crowd took over and crushed. Holiday gift: 1/15 trans writer show here: www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s... Great fun with @davidjroth.bsky.social @timrohan.bsky.social @josephbienkahn.com

The Haitians in Springfield, Ohio (remember?) has a fabulous nonprofit working to support them. I've contributed in the past and they are wonderful. Perhaps you might want to help them meet their goal?

@dicknixon.bsky.social Mr. President, I’d like to recommend to you The Last Manager by John W. Miller, a biography of Earl Weaver. It makes me really miss him

I took this class and it helped me write a NYT bestselling book

I woke up to hundreds (!) of direct pre-orders for this book, and quickly found the culprit (local journalism!). Congrats to Andy and Nick!!

heads up O's fans the new Earl Weaver bio is on sale for 4 bucks

"Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other’s faults and burdens. If we love enough, we are going to light that fire in the hearts of others. (1/2)

Wild? Maybe. Apt? Definitely.

The Last Manager named a @nytimes.com Notable Book of 2025. Wild.

The Last Manager named a @nytimes.com Notable Book of 2025. Wild.

Find out what @beltpublishing.bsky.social is bringing you next year---

I don't understand the excitement and support for sports gambling. These companies only exist to steal your money. Much like billionaires, DraftKings and all these other companies aren't your friends. Earl Weaver had it right.

Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.

On the myth of momentum and more baseball wisdom from Earl Weaver.

The supreme rule in the Catholic Church is love, which compels all of the faithful to serve, not to judge, exclude or dominate others, Pope Leo XIV said.

Silencing dissent is now second nature to this administration. We have fully abandoned the premise of allowing public argument and debate and are instead entrenched in rote fascism. The thought police are entirely empowered, and they treat us no longer as citizens of a republic, but as sheep.

17000 days ago (April 6, 1979), legendary manager Earl Weaver picks up the 1000th win of his career as the Orioles beat the White Sox 5-3 on Opening Day. Before the game, the O’s new mascot The Bird is hatched from an egg. I’m sure Earl had a four-letter word or three ready to go.

Minit-thread: Bears repeating daily at this point: There were no immigration laws at all until white people on the West Coat began to fear the dreaded Yellow Peril of Chinese immigration in the 1880s. That's right. While these people were building railroads across mountain and plain...

Max Scherzer's insistence on staying in last night's playoff game recalls the I'm-not-coming-out moment that can never be equaled: Jack Morris, in the late innings of Game 7 of the '91 World Series, telling manager Tom Kelly to go sit down and then completing a 10-inning shutout and walk-off win.

Your Card of the Day: Earl Weaver: "After Dark" I highly recommend reading John W. Miller's biography of Earl titled, The Last Manager. @sabrbbcards.bsky.social

Managers shouldn't be allowed to wear hoodies. An ill fitting satin jacket was good enough for Earl Weaver it's good enough for you!

I’ll be starting this one shortly! Just finished words of radiance. ATM I’m reading The Last Manager about a legendary Baltimore Orioles manager named earl weaver. I don’t really follow baseball too much but always love a good book about ball for some reason. Just fascinating history