There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw.
Meaning of the quote
This quote means that there has only been one great baseball manager, and that person is John McGraw. The speaker, Connie Mack, is saying that no other manager has ever been as good as John McGraw. McGraw must have been an extremely successful and influential manager in baseball history for Mack to make such a bold statement.
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