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1988 Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989

1987 Orioles Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal

1985 Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage Baltimore Orioles

1978 At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees

1973 AL President Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees

1969 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season

1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators

1962 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977

1960 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down

1947 Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox

1939 Bucky Harris signs to manage Washington again

1937 Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees

1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown

1933 Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds

1930 Yankees announce signing Joe McCarthy to manage for 4 years

1928 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators

1926 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark

1925 Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment

1902 Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets


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