# Who is the greatest manager of all time?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time/615602>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 13, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time/615602 "2012-03-13T00:05:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time/615602/21 "2012-03-15T16:30:09Z")

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It took until post four until I even knew which sport this was about. Maybe the thread title could have done with a “baseball” in there?

Just saying.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time/615602/22 "2012-03-15T20:33:13Z")

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WTF? No Steinbrenner???😕

Major omission dude.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time/615602/23 "2012-03-15T20:43:03Z")

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NM–wrong thread.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time/615602/24 "2012-03-15T22:22:45Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> WTF? No Steinbrenner???😕
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> Major omission dude.

He was an owner and never a manager. In fact the last owner manager was Ted Turner I believe.

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**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-manager-of-all-time/615602/25 "2012-03-16T14:57:11Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> He was an owner and never a manager. In fact the last owner manager was Ted Turner I believe.

Once. In 1977. For one game.

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