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Article: A TALE OF TWO MANAGERS JUST PLAIN JOE MORGAN RELIES ON INSTINCT; COMPLEX TONY LA RUSSA IS A MASTER STRATEGIST
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 5, 1990
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Joe Morgan has done something that Joe Cronin, Dick Williams,
Darrell Johnson and John McNamara couldn't do; he has finished
first twice with the Red Sox.
This is no small achievement. Cronin, Williams, Johnson and
McNamara would tell you that the second one is harder. None of
those men lasted two full seasons after managing the Sox to the
top. It's clear that once you win in Boston, expectations are high
and your job is on the line if you don't stay on top.
Morgan leads the Red Sox into the playoffs for the second time
in three seasons, and that makes him the most successful Boston
manager in 74 years. To find a better record, you have to go back