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The life of a manager can be a whirlwind

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 12, 2008

A mere week and a half ago, Ozzie Guillen was viewed by most of North America as a turbocharged motormouth who was either trying to get himself fired or get half his lineup released. Now, seven wins and 66 runs later, he's a frigging genius. A year ago this time, Charlie Manuel was viewed by the populace of the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area as some kind of bumblehead out of "My Name is Earl" who couldn't win a bingo game, let alone the NL East. Now, one historic comeback and one MVP be ...

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