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Phillies manager Charlie Manuel will be on bench tonight

By  Sun-Times Wire
   

Charlie Manuel, who guided the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLCS last night, plans on managing tonight despite his mother’s death earlier this morning.

Manuel’s mother June died this morning at the age of 87.

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