Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dick Williams, Jerry Manuel, Don Zimmer, Duke Snider, Felipe Alou, Vern Rapp, Ozzie Guillén, Larry Doby, Tommy Harper, Jim Tracy, Mickey Vernon, Ken Macha, Manny Acta, Walt Hriniak, Tim Johnson, Billy Gardner, Dick Pole, Pete Mackanin, Hal Mcrae, Russ Nixon, Ron Hansen, Norm Sherry, Dave Bristol, Kevin Kennedy, Brad Mills, Jerry Morales, Jerry Zimmerman, Joe Kerrigan, Tom Runnells, Bob Gebhard, Jim Brewer, Billy Demars, Claude Raymond, Steve Boros, Eddie Rodriguez, Ozzie Virgil, Sr., Jackie Moore, Bobby Winkles, Cal Mclish, Pat Mullin, Galen Cisco, Bobby Cuellar, Jay Ward, Luis Pujols, Peanuts Lowrey, Brad Arnsberg, Tommy Mccraw, Wendell Kim, Mel Wright, Gene Glynn, Randy St. Claire, Larry Bearnarth, Joe Sparks, Bill Adair, Bob Natal, Rick Renick, Bob Oldis, Jim Bragan, Rafael Landestoy, Jeff Cox, Ron Piche, Pierre Arsenault. Excerpt: Marion Danne "Bill" Adair (February 10, 1913 June 17, 2002) was an American coach and interim manager in Major League Baseball . A second baseman , he was a career minor-league player who never rose about the Class AA level but who spent 21 years as a manager in the minors. Born in Mobile, Alabama , Adair was a skipper in the Braves organization (he managed farm clubs for all three cities the Braves played in), as well as the Detroit Tigers , San Diego Padres , Montreal Expos , and the Chicago White Sox organizations. He compiled a 1,611-1,305 (.552) record in the minors, but his managing career in the major leagues was limited to ten games with the 1970 White Sox. Skipper Don Gutteridge was fired September 3 with 26 games left in the season. Adair then compiled a 4-6 (.400) record before Chuck Tanner was appointed permanent manager on September 14, 1970. The White Sox lost 106 games that season. Adair also was a major league coach for the Braves ...