RIP Bill Virdon

[Splendid Splinter]

He was 90. Had a decent career - as a player and a manager.

Rest easy.

 

[maumann]

Yeah, hard to remember him as a player, but he certainly had some very good teams to manage. RIP, skip.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Rest.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

First manager to be fired by Steinbrenner.

 

[Tighthead]

As a kid I thought Virdon was about 75 when he was managing the Expos. He seemed so stern after **** Williams.

 

[matt_garth]

Only Yankee manager who never won a game at Yankee Stadium.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Only Yankee manager who never won a game at Yankee Stadium.

The Highlanders were renamed the Yankees in 1913. So Frank Chance (1913-14), Roger Peckinpaugh (1914) and Bill Donovan (1915-17) never won a game at Yankee Stadium either.

 

[matt_garth]

The Stadium opened in 1923, so …

The Highlanders were renamed the Yankees in 1913. So Frank Chance (1913-14), Roger Peckinpaugh (1914) and Bill Donovan (1915-17) never won a game at Yankee Stadium either.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The Stadium opened in 1923, so …

Your statement was, Virdon was the "Only Yankee manager who never won a game at Yankee Stadium." Those three guys were Yankee managers. They never won a game at Yankee Stadium. Ergo, Virdon was not the only Yankee manager to never win a game at Yankee Stadium.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Managed the Astros in what I will always believe was the greatest LCS ever played (and this coming from a Red Sox fan) ... that 1980 NLCS against the Phillies was outstanding.

 

[Liut]

Fought Barry Bonds during a spring training while on Jim Leyland's coaching staff. A man's man who was beloved in Springfield, Mo. Rest in peace.