Dallas Green, manager of the 1980 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies and a baseball renaissance man who held nearly every possible title during his five-plus decades in the game, died Wednesday. He was 82.
"The game lost a great baseball man today," said Phillies chairman David Montgomery. "Dallas held many different positions in baseball, and his passion and love for the game was evident in every role he played.
"He was a big man with a big heart and a bigger-than-life personality. Having known Dallas since 1971, he was one of my first phone calls upon becoming Phillies president because of his perspective and advice.