John W. Miller’s The Last Manager might sound like the kind of overcooked title you slap on a clickbait article, but the bold assertion has merit. Once upon a time, managers mattered. Then free agency and analytics handed the keys to the players and the nerds in the front office, and suddenly, the guys in the dugout were about as influential as the kid trolling the upper deck selling hot dogs.
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