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2010's Managerial Exodus Will Give Dugouts Different Look Next Spring

By John HickeyDec 26th 2010 – 6:35PM

All this week, the FanHouse staff will look back at the most significant baseball storylines of 2010. When the 2010 baseball season started, four of the top 14 managers all-time in terms of win total were at the helm of big league teams. When 2011 starts, only one of those four, St. Louis' Tony La Russa, will still be...

Bad Omen Theater: Joe Maddon Is an Admirer of Gene Mauch

By Josh AlperOct 19th 2008 – 8:59AM

The old saying goes that "momentum is tomorrow's starting pitcher" but you'd forgive the Rays and their fans for wondering if there isn't something cosmically aligned against them at this hour. Seven outs away from the World Series and seven runs up just three days ago, losers of two straight to a team that can't seem to...

These Are the Ghosts That the Phillies are Trying to Exorcise

By MulletSep 21st 2007 – 6:59PM

What you see here is an old short video summing up the collapse of the 1964 Phillies, a team that blew a six and a half game lead with 12 to play. The current Phillies are trying to erase a seven game lead with 17 games to play, thus putting their own positive spin on history.The video ends with the demolition of Connie...

Background on Gene Mauch

Gene William Mauch (November 18, 1925 – August 8, 2005) was an American professional baseball player and manager.

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