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would Go with a Cruz or Snelling 2-3 years before anybody else wanted them up, because he could separate the talented ball players from the ones who lacked it.
True he FAVORED A certain type of player over others: the pitcher who would challenge. But given the Emz long history of gutless nibblers, this was a sttength much more than a flaw.
Lou, Earl, Larussa, Torre, there have been lots of ecumenical mgrs. whose interest was WINNING A BALL GAME.
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