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...job with the Phillies before getting a second crack at managing. The Charlie Manuel that won the World Series was the same Charlie Manuel who, while coaching at Wisconsin Rapids in the bush leagues, took so much batting practice that visiting teams filed...
...or the year after that. But losing that extra month meant Amaro had to cram two months of work into one. He drove with Charlie Manuel to Steve Smith's Southern California home on Nov. 4 to fire the third-base coach. He drove back to Dana Point the same...
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Earlier this week
...Sometimes TV cameras will find a gray crew-cut fellow in the dugout.  Please be assured, he isn't offering advice to Charlie Manuel. Like the entire front office, he got to ride in the parade.  And, like everyone that did, he was overly touched, "The...
...embraced a freelance role that balanced back-to-back games and multiple innings, anytime, anyplace. He performed so well that Charlie Manuel auditioned him for the set-up vacancy in August, and only then – assuming his first clearly defined role as a...
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