A devastating choke. The manager is sent packing. And the Boston Red Sox put the pieces together to win a World Series title the very next year.
Tom Lasorda sat down on the dugout bench in his No. 2 white jersey as the media closed in on him for a pregame chat. His piercing blue eyes were clear and he spoke with the same strident tone.
Two games. Two wins. Two clinches.
As the final out fell into Curtis Granderson's glove, the Yankees walked calmly to the mound to congratulate Mariano Rivera.
By taking over a ninth-place team and leading it to the pennant in his first year as a big-league manager in Boston, Dick Williams earned the reputation of being a turnaround artist that he built on later in Montreal and San Diego.
By taking over a ninth-place team and leading it to the pennant in his first year as a big-league manager in Boston, Dick Williams earned the reputation of being a turnaround artist that he built on later in Montreal and San Diego.
When Davey Johnson last put on a uniform as a major league manager, the baseball world was different. He was different.
Jorge Posada still has unwavering support in the Yankee Stadium stands. Now, a tumultuous weekend behind him, New York could use a few of those big hits he used to deliver all the time.
Jorge Posada apologized to the New York Yankees on Sunday for taking himself out of the lineup the day before, blaming the messy public spat with the team on this: "I had a bad day."
