"second guesser" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1988 October, George Vass, “World Series: A Magnet for the Second-Guessers”, in Baseball Digest, volume 47, number 10, Lakeside Publishing Company, ISSN 0005-609X, page 21",
          "text": "Such a change of heart in MacPhail, or any other second guesser, is unlikely."
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