Manuel Manages Despite Mother's Death

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Manuel Manages Despite Mother's Death
The Big Lead found this 10/11/2008 on mlb.fanhouse.com (flag)
This is just heartbreaking. This morning, just hours before his team took the field for Game 2 of the NLCS, Phillies skipper Charlie Manuel lost his mother : The Phillies said that June Manuel died Friday morning at Roanoke (Va.) Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was 87. The Phillies ... (link)

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Yardwork: Anatomy Of A Sweep
Published 10/11/2008 by Cousins of Ron Mexico at The Big Lead
... 4 in the 2nd and 4 in the 3rd before resting their bats for the remainder of the game. Brett Myers was the hero of the day as he went 3-for-3, drove in 3 runs and scored two more. Myers, being the good guy he is, didn’t want to be the only person succeeding on offense, so he gave up all 5 runs the Dodgers would score. Shane Victorino added 4 RBI’s for the Phils. The victory was bittersweet for Charlie Manuel as his mother passed away yesterday morning.

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