Skipper

Scott Miller, award-winning baseball writer, New York Times contributor and coauthor of Ninety Percent Mental, provides an unprecedented look at the job of Major League Baseball managers, showing how they shape the game…and have been shaped by a changing game and nation.



From award-winning national baseball writer Scott Miller, Skipper takes on an ambitious Moneyball-esque premise: a deep dive into the ongoing struggle for control that often takes place behind the scenes between MLB managers and the ownership groups and their data analysts. As Miller says, this struggle "reflects the changing culture and norms of a nation still attempting to come to terms with the technological revolution of the Digital Age, in the authoritative narrative of the evolution of managing in the major leagues."



Packed with baseball history, interviews with dozens of the MLB's current stars and veterans, and an exclusive, inside look at the day-to-day life of a manager competing for the World Series, LA Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, Skipper is a fascinating look into the highs, the lows, and the inner workings of professional baseball. Scott miller is an award-winning veteran national MLB writer who has been a contributor to the New York Times' baseball coverage in 2021 and 2022 following long-term stints as the national baseball columnist at Bleacher Report and CBSSports.com. He co-authored Ninety Percent Mental with former MLB All-Star pitcher and mental skills coach Bob Tewksbury in 2018 and is an analyst for MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM. Well-connected throughout the baseball industry, Miller has been honored several times as one of the top baseball writers in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors and was included in the book 2019 Best American Sportswriting. Before Bleacher Report and CBSSports.com, he covered baseball for the Los Angeles Times and St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press.