Former Red Sox, Angels Manager John McNamara Dies at Age 88

Former MLB manager John McNamara, who guided the 1986 Boston Red Sox to an American League pennant, died Wednesday at the age of 88.

McNamara's wife, Ellen, and nephew, Joe, confirmed the news to Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe.

McNamara managed the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, California Angels, Red Sox and Cleveland during a 19-season career that spanned from 1969 to 1996.

He reached the postseason twice: Once with the 1979 Reds after winning the National League West, and again with the Red Sox in 1986.

That Sox team was one strike away from winning the World Series versus the New York Mets, but New York's three-run, two-out rally in the bottom of the 10th inning…