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1. The Manager of the Year Award began in 1983. Who was the first manager to win three Manager of the Year awards?
2. Which Major League manager in his first full season, took the Philadelphia Phillies to their first-ever World Series crown in 1980?
3. Which Minnesota Twins manager was fired in his first-ever managing season after punching out his starting pitcher in a fight, then later was fired by the Yankees after two consecutive World Series appearances?
4. Which Major League manager was ejected from a game in the 1970s for smoking in the dugout, then the following day before the game started when he presented his line-up to the umpires at home plate with a candy cigarette in his mouth, resulted in an immediate ejection again?
5. 1936 saw baseball's Hall of Fame open its doors to nominations and inductees. After five players being inducted in 1936, the hall had two managers inducted in 1937 as managers. One was Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics. Who was the other manager?
6. Who was the first manager in history to win five World Series?
7. In a managerial career record likely to never be duplicated, which of the following managers lost 2000 games in their career, and couldn't win even 2000?
8. The first professional and sanctioned baseball league was the National Association in 1871. Who was the first manager to take the very first season game win on behalf of his team and the league in baseball history?
9. Who was the first manager in baseball history to have the dubious honor of taking his team to losing 100+ games in a season?
10. The 1969 amazing Mets won their first World Series under which manager, who was a former Met?
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