41.   Johnson led the Orioles to playoff appearances in both of his years managing the team.

42.   Knight, a former Reds infielder, was hired to manage the team by owner Marge Schott, even though he had no managing experience at any level.

43.   Leyland, if he wanted, could manage any team in the big leagues.

44.   Loria first hired Torborg to manage the team he used to own, the Montreal Expos.

45.   Leyland chose to manage a team Colorado in the same division.

46.   My personal opinion is I was hired to manage the team and the coach was hired to coach the players.

47.   Monday at the BoSox Club luncheon, Collins asked Williams a question about the difficulty of managing the team in the absence of Everett.

48.   On one hand, Zimmer wanted Steinbrenner to let him manage the team, as Torre had told him to do.

49.   Now Torre is in position to manage a team that could win the most games in AL history.

50.   Other than the World Series season, he has managed teams to losing records five of the past six years.