John W. Miller
@jmjournalist.bsky.social
Writer, baseball coach. Author of NYT Bestseller The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented and Reinvented Baseball
August 6, 2026 the Orioles manager at the time had a different take for Holliday.
Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social · 3w agoCraig Albernaz said he was “embarrassed” by the choice from Jeremiah Jackson to swing at the first pitch after Chad Patrick threw nine balls. Albernaz said it ultimately “falls on me” and “will be addressed.”
Picked this up at our library Looking forward to learning something new from @leanderalphabet.bsky.social
The tell that the entire Kaepernick discourse was culture war bullshit is that Jackie Robinson, a Republican veteran, wrote in his memoir that he never stood for or sang the anthem, or saluted the flag, because he was "a Black man in a white world." And everybody was like, "Yeah, ok. Fair enough."
rohan@rohannadkarni.bsky.social · last mo.10 years ago today, Colin Kaepernick first kneeled. “The conversation that was being had is taking a knee is more problematic than Black people being killed,” he tells @nbcnews.com in a conversation about his protest, the fallout, the NFL and the last 10 years. www.nbcnews.com/sports/footb...
BREAKING: We sued the Pentagon to STOP the firing of 3 Stars & Stripes journalists for defending their paper's independence The firings came a day after reporting on USS Abraham Lincoln @democracydefendersfund.org @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social @govacctproj.bsky.social & MFIA clinic are on it👇 -TN
Fired Journalists From Stars and Stripes Sue Pentagon
Three journalists dismissed from Stars and Stripes accused the government of violating their First Amendment rights, asking the courts to stop their termination.
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This is so cool! I'm glad others still play and support this great game, the best baseball sim there ever was: Modern Season Disk Generation for Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 – Lahman, R, and SeasonTool Integration www.tuatarasoftware.com/2026/06/14/m...
Modern Season Disk Generation for Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 – Lahman, R, and SeasonTool Integration
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Thanks for ordering! I reccomend Larry Bowa's book, "I Still Hate to Lose," Dick Allen's "Crash," and Jamie Moyer's, "Just Tell Me I Can't." And this one's not Philly, but I also enjoyed John W. Miller's book about Earl Weaver, "The Last Manager."
Long before the Moneyball Era, Earl Weaver reigned over baseball. The irascible Baltimore Orioles manager transformed the sport by collecting and analyzing data in visionary ways, ultimately winning more games than any contemporary peer. Read it: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-La...
Center for Sports Communication & Media@ut-cscm.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe work cited for the inaugural Jenkins Medal for Best Sports Book illustrate the breadth of American sports culture. The authors are all first class and the stories they tell are fascinating. See the nominated work at jenkinsmedsl.com.
The Catholicism that Ms. Rollins incarnates is heavy on practical assistance. Her question to people is not “What do you believe?” It’s “How can I help you?” www.americamagazine.org/features/202...
The Ohio art teacher leading the Catholic response to the Haitian immigrant crisis
Casey Rollins is living an extraordinary third act as an internationally known face of American kindness.
americamagazine.org
The Catholicism that Ms. Rollins incarnates is heavy on practical assistance. Her question to people is not “What do you believe?” It’s “How can I help you?” www.americamagazine.org/features/202...
The Ohio art teacher leading the Catholic response to the Haitian immigrant crisis
Casey Rollins is living an extraordinary third act as an internationally known face of American kindness.
americamagazine.org
For America Magazine, I spent a couple days last week in Springfield, Ohio, talking to its Haitian community about the possible end of Temporary Protected Status. www.americamagazine.org/features/202...
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, were vilified by Trump. Now they’re bracing for the end of TPS.
Catholic organizations are helping Haitian immigrant communities prepare for what many fear will be a campaign of arrest and deportation.
americamagazine.org
What's cool about books is that even after World Cups are over, you can still read them to make sense of what you just saw. You can pick up a copy of mine, THE LONG GAME, at, say, @bookculture.com in Long Island City. Where you'll find it on, oh, you know, the non-fiction BEST-SELLERS TABLE.
When do the O's announce Kevin Brown's extension? Tomorrow, please
Reading a book about Earl Weaver, and my eyebrows shot up at these descriptions of batter-to-batter betting in the middle of the 20th century.
it's a social institution when they want money from the public but a business when they want to keep money from the public
Hannah Keyser@hannahrkeyser.bsky.social · 3mo ago“I do think of baseball as a social institution.” Rob Manfred said. “We try to pick things like veterans, where there's widespread support. So I do think of it as a social institution. At the same time, we are a business.”
They say books won’t change the world. Tell that to every colonizer who burned them. To every enslaved person who was punished for reading. Literacy is resistance. Literacy is liberation. The library is a battlefield.
I only have a few more days to spam you guys with pleas to pre-order this book, so let’s make this post count! Pub day is Tuesday 📕💰📖💳
American Made: Stories of Work from the WPA
July 14, 2026 Foreword by Kim KellyEdited by Anne Trubek "A mesmerizing combination of voices ... Readers will be hooked." — Publishers Weekly During the Great Depression, out-of-work writers—includi...
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*chuckles awkwardly* Well... um... want to understand why the United States men's national team is the way it is? I can offer a 300-page explainer: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
The Long Game by Leander Schaerlaeckens: 9780593653876 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“Engrossing, insightful . . . [The Long Game] pulls no punches when describing the critiques and failures of the U.S. soccer system over the past few decades.” —Miguel Salazar, The New...
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My book, THE LONG GAME: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts, is out today by @vikingbooks.bsky.social. I found a ton of fresh stories. I think both hardcore fans and the USMNT-curious will like it. I'm really proud of the book and hope you'll read it.
The Long Game by Leander Schaerlaeckens: 9780593653876 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The gripping account of the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026 For almost half a century,...
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I was thrilled to be named the Catholic Media Association's podcaster of the year! And our awesome team brought home 14 total awards. See them all here: www.jesuits.org/stories/jesu...
This could be you. You could live like James. You just have to choose to.
James Geluso@atlemar.bsky.social · 4mo agoJust picked up your book at Orca Books in Olympia, on my way to my AO chapter bar for the game.
My #USMNT book, The Long Game, is 2 weeks old today. I just signed a whole stack of 'em at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square NYC. Go grab 'em there, or here! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
Zipped through this @leanderalphabet.bsky.social tome in Paris, not only is it a must-read for ussoccer sickos, it's also a really well written popular history in general.
Finally had time to spend with @leanderalphabet.bsky.social's unsurprisingly excellent The Long Game and zipped through it in two days. Surely at the top of books about the soccer in this country, no qualifiers needed.
Imagine my relief that all six of the players I chose to profile for my book and had to commit to *THREE YEARS AGO* have made the World Cup roster.
Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens@leanderalphabet.bsky.social · 5mo agoMy book, THE LONG GAME: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts, is out today by @vikingbooks.bsky.social. I found a ton of fresh stories. I think both hardcore fans and the USMNT-curious will like it. I'm really proud of the book and hope you'll read it.
