FORT WORTH, Texas -- Bobby Bragan hinted weeks before his history-making appearance as manager of the Fort Worth Cats that he might get tossed out of the game.
Sure enough, the 87-year-old former big league manager was in the stands signing autographs Tuesday night when he officially became the oldest manager of a pro baseball game. He swears that wasn't the plan.
"Sure wasn't," said Bragan, who managed the Cats for one game to surpass Hall of Famer Connie Mack by eight days. Mack managed his last game for Philadelphia in 1950.
Bragan was tossed in the third inning of Fort Worth's Central League game against Coastal Bend. He had gone out to ask home plate umpire Brandon Misun why he ejected shortstop David Keesee, who was thrown out for the first time in his much shorter life (25 years) after being called out on strikes.
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