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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 Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cin 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 1902 Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets

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