Today is the 62nd birthday for Bob Brenly, the man who guided Arizona to their only world series, and who now occupies the color commentary spot for the broadcasting booth.
A couple of things stand out about Brenly's time as a manager. Firstly, it was remarkably short: a total of only 565 games. Just one World Series winner has been in charge for fewer contests: Jake Stahl, who won it all with the 1912 Boston Red Sox, only to be fired less than half way through the following season, after a series of increasingly heated confrontations with team president, Jimmy McAleer. Stahl never managed again, his managerial career ending at 533 games. The only other World Series manager whose career was…
