Former Angels, Phillies, & Expos manager Gene Mauch dies

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Gene Mauch, ``the little general'' who managed the California Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, and Montreal Expos to 1,901 wins, died Monday. He was 79.

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A big league skipper for 26 years, Mauch was named National League Manager of the Year three times. He ranks sixth in baseball history with 3,938 games managed, and is 11th on the career victories list.

But Mauch was perhaps most famous for his teams' legendary collapses. He was manager of the Angels in 1986 when they were within one out of advancing to the World Series before blowing a three-run lead to Boston in Game 5 of the ALCS.

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``I don't think history will be as fair to him as it should be,'' said Tim Mead, the Angels' vice president of communications and a member of the organization since 1979. ``He was brilliant. Gene Mauch could put together a game just by looking at the box score.''

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1. Mauch started

the double switch

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2. Dick Williams credits Mauch....

with helping him become the manager he turned out to be.