But it was unique in that you don't often hear of a big-league manager moving into the home of his in-laws with his wife and his five children.

He is in his 16th season as a big-league manager, and he has had considerable success, winning a World Series with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990.

And if experience was so important, then Gene Mauch, a big-league manager for 26 seasons, would have won at least one pennant.

And Tom Kelly wouldn't have won a World Series with the Twins in his first full season as a big-league manager.

At night, the guys sat around like big-league managers and discussed what each player needed to work on to become more competitive.

It's great being a big-league manager.

He succeeded Cal Ermer as Minnesota's big-league manager following the '68 season.

They are, in fact, an extraordinarily experienced bunch, six former major leaguers, four of whom have been big-league managers themselves.

This season, however, perhaps as a reflection of big-league managers' increasing difficulty of motivating and directing their players, Valentine has taken a step back.

It was Randolph's first ejection as a big-league manager.