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Life and baseball collide for Manuel in Philly

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Friday, October 10, 2008

PHILADELPHIA -- A baseball is round. A circle is round. But as Charlie Manuel proved Friday, on a bittersweet afternoon turned evening, it isn't always easy for that baseball to fit inside the circle of life. Charlie Manuel has managed 1,072 games in the big leagues. But he had never managed a game like this one. It was one of the most satisfying games of his managerial career. It was also the saddest. It was the day his Phillies fought to within two wins of the Wor ...

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