It lies to us
I have one of those fact-a-day desk calendars for the Orioles. I do not like it, Sam-I-Am, because it can indeed play free and easy with the facts it gives, sometimes giving records as current that have already been broken, and so on.
Here's another example from yesterday indicating that this might not have been put together by the world's sharpest folks:
Former pitcher Dock Ellis once pitched for seven different managers in the same season. In 1977, Ellis played for three teams - the Yankees, A's, and Rangers. At his final stop that season in Texas, Ellis toiled for 4 managers.
Now I'm not all that smart 'r nothin'...but one for the Yanks, one for the A's, and four for the Rangers would make six managers, yes?
UPDATE: I looked it up, and as it turns out, Ellis did indeed pitch for (or at least was on the team for) seven managers in 1977. He started the season with the Yankees under Billy Martin, and only pitched three games for them before getting dealt on April 29 (along with Larry Murray and Marty Perez, for Mike Torrez) to the lowly A's under Trader Jack McKeon. Trader Jack saw the writing on the wall and split after a win on June 8, with the A's at 26-27 - pretty much because he couldn't stand the owner, Charlie O. Finley. The unfortunate-in-both-name-and-circumstance Bobby Winkles took over and pranged the A's head-first on concrete, limping them to a 98-loss season...Ellis pitched terribly for them, but still managed to get his contract purchased by the Texas Rangers on June 15. Anyway, that's two with the A's, not one, as was implied.
Ellis pitched his first game for the Rangers and their manager Frank Lucchesi on the 20th, won it - and then watched Lucchesi leave town the next day. Eddie Stanky was brought in as manager and quit after one game (which the Rangers won); he couldn't handle this "new breed" of baseball players, supposedly after watching one dry his hair with a blow dryer after a shower. Connie Ryan was rushed in as a stopgap manager for a few games before the Rangers found Billy Hunter, who led them to a winning record.
Bert Blyleven was the starter for the game Stanky managed, so one could argue that he only "pitched" for six managers.
Here's another example from yesterday indicating that this might not have been put together by the world's sharpest folks:
Former pitcher Dock Ellis once pitched for seven different managers in the same season. In 1977, Ellis played for three teams - the Yankees, A's, and Rangers. At his final stop that season in Texas, Ellis toiled for 4 managers.
Now I'm not all that smart 'r nothin'...but one for the Yanks, one for the A's, and four for the Rangers would make six managers, yes?
UPDATE: I looked it up, and as it turns out, Ellis did indeed pitch for (or at least was on the team for) seven managers in 1977. He started the season with the Yankees under Billy Martin, and only pitched three games for them before getting dealt on April 29 (along with Larry Murray and Marty Perez, for Mike Torrez) to the lowly A's under Trader Jack McKeon. Trader Jack saw the writing on the wall and split after a win on June 8, with the A's at 26-27 - pretty much because he couldn't stand the owner, Charlie O. Finley. The unfortunate-in-both-name-and-circumstance Bobby Winkles took over and pranged the A's head-first on concrete, limping them to a 98-loss season...Ellis pitched terribly for them, but still managed to get his contract purchased by the Texas Rangers on June 15. Anyway, that's two with the A's, not one, as was implied.
Ellis pitched his first game for the Rangers and their manager Frank Lucchesi on the 20th, won it - and then watched Lucchesi leave town the next day. Eddie Stanky was brought in as manager and quit after one game (which the Rangers won); he couldn't handle this "new breed" of baseball players, supposedly after watching one dry his hair with a blow dryer after a shower. Connie Ryan was rushed in as a stopgap manager for a few games before the Rangers found Billy Hunter, who led them to a winning record.
Bert Blyleven was the starter for the game Stanky managed, so one could argue that he only "pitched" for six managers.