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June 12, 1960: Don't worry Dodger fans. Walt Alston's job was safe. "I can positively say that Alston is not on the spot," General Manager Buzzie Bavasi told The Times' Frank Finch. "It's not Dodger policy to blame the manager when the fault lies either on the playing field or in the front office, or both." Last year's World Series champions were far from contention and had lost nine of their last 13 games. "I don't think the players are depressed," Bavasi said. "If we can just put two or three wins together we'll get rolling." Alston did indeed stick around … until 1976. –Keith Thursby |
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Its worth noting that Alston spent two decades as Dodger manager, with one-year contracts. Also, in the Brooklyn and early years in LA, the Dodgers kept him surrounded with one-time Dodger managers as coaches (Leo Durocher, Charlie Dressen). Carl Furillo, and many of the Old Guard from Brookly (especially Robinson) had little regard for Alston: “All we needed him for was to change pitchers”.
Yet, he won championships with in three different decades and with totally different types of teams.
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