When in Doubt, Fire the Skipper

Download or read book When in Doubt, Fire the Skipper written by Gary Webster and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-05-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. It then examines how the team fared under the new manager. The central 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.