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Baseball's most colorful managers: the game has had its share of field generals whose antics created a fan following and a perception of quirkiness.
SAD TO SAY, COLORFUL MANAGERS, field leaders with offbeat personalities who captivate the fancy of fans and media toilers, are almost as extinct as that long-gone bird the dodo. Their wings have been clipped by the serious-minded, financially-motivated, cautious "suits" who do the hiring in modern baseball.
With all due respect, it would be a far stretch to pin the label of colorful on such current outstanding managers as Joe Torre, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Lou Piniella. They are dedicated and competent, as well as famous and durable, but the appropriate tag for them would be "celebrity" managers.
When it comes to being colorful, they're not in a ...
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