When Blake Butera scrawls out his Opening Day lineup – he’s gone through “seven or eight” iterations already – and heads out to the Wrigley Field first-base line March 26, managerial history will be ...

Counsell credits former players and coaches on his career mark. After the win, he celebrated with shot of Jeppson’s Malört.

Where have you gone, Billy Martin? The job of an MLB manager is no longer the domain of gruff former players—unless they’re also the perfect combination of stathead, amateur psychiatrist, media expert ...

Blake Butera was riding north to Baltimore on Sunday morning, seated in the front row of the Nationals’ charter bus with a double espresso in his cup holder and his lineup card tucked safely away, ...

In the past four decades, just nine men who primarily pitched during their playing careers have debuted as non-interim major-league managers. K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images ...

Jay Johnson answered the question immediately, and then he paused. Right now, he has no interest in becoming a Major League Baseball manager. He didn’t need to hesitate to reach that conclusion. But ...