Johnny Oates Dies; Managed Rangers, Orioles
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Former Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles manager Johnny Oates has died, three years after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
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Oates, who led the Texas Rangers to their first three  postseason appearances, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain  tumor three years ago. In November of 2001, doctors removed the  tumor, but it returned in April 2003.
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1931 &#151; Lefty Grove, winner of 31 games for the Philadelphia A's, was named the American League MVP.
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BALTIMORE -- Johnny Oates, a former manager for the Baltimore Orioles, died early Friday. He was 58. Oates was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago.
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OK, the Texas Rangers have kicked the 1950 Red Sox and 1955 White Sox out of the record book by scoring 30 runs against the Orioles last Wednesday. So come and see me when they score 49 in back-to-back games.
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Legendary country, rock and jazz guitarist Hank Garland, who performed with Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Charlie Parker and many others, has died at the age of 74.
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John Vukovich, the longest-serving coach in Philadelphia Phillies history and a member of their only World Series championship team in 1980, died Thursday. He was 59.
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Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist  with the influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on  Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a  long-time associate told Reuters.
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Bill Nicholson, who managed Tottenham in its glory days of the 1960s and 70s, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 85. Nicholson&#39;s death at a hospital in Hertfordshire, outside London, was
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1906 &#151; Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitched a two-hitter over the Chicago Cubs for a 3-0 win and a 2-1 lead in the World Series.
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Sam Perlozzo was fired as manager of the Baltimore Orioles on Monday with the last-place team in the midst of an eight-game losing streak.
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After Johnny Oates was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2001, he made a commitment to live each day to its utmost. Knowing his time was short motivated Oates to climb out of bed, even if it was just to see
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Johnny Oates managed the Texas Rangers to three division titles in the 1990's, the only postseason appearances in the franchise's history.
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Pat Dobson, who died last Wednesday, was one of four OriolesÂ pitchers in 1971 who started 142 of the teamÂs 158 regular-season games and completed 70 of those starts.
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John "Buck" O'Neil, a key figure in Negro Leagues baseball and a ground-breaking coach in the major leagues, has died at the age of 94.
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NEW YORK -- Hank Bauer, the tough ex-Marine who set a World Series record with a 17-game hitting streak for the New York Yankees and later managed the Baltimore Orioles to the 1966 title, died Friday. He was 84. Bauer died in the Kansas City area, where he made his home, Yankees spokesman Jason...
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Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist  with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on  Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a  long-time associate told Reuters.