The Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday offered some excellent news in regard to the well being of former supervisor Charlie Manuel, who suffered a stroke Saturday.
“This morning, the Phillies obtained a constructive replace from Charlie Manuel’s spouse, Missy. Charlie has made progress over the previous 12 hours, and his docs are inspired,” the Phillies mentioned in a press release Sunday. “The Manuel household could be very appreciative for each submit on social media. Charlie feels the love from his Phillies household and followers. Missy believes the unbelievable help is aiding in his restoration.”
The Phillies mentioned Manuel, 79, was present process a medical process Saturday in Florida when he had the stroke. Physicians have been capable of take away a blood clot.
Beneath Manuel, the Phillies received 5 consecutive Nationwide League East titles from 2007 to 2011. They beat the Tampa Bay Rays within the 2008 World Sequence for town’s first main skilled sports activities championship since 1983.
Philadelphia received one other Nationwide League pennant in 2009 earlier than dropping to the New York Yankees within the World Sequence.
Manuel was fired by the Phillies in 2013 after the membership bought off to a 53-67 begin.
He compiled a 1,000-826 document as a significant league supervisor, together with 780 wins with the Phillies. He was inducted into the group’s wall of fame in 2014. Manuel rejoined the group that 12 months to work as a senior adviser to the overall supervisor.
He additionally went 220-190 as Cleveland’s supervisor from 2000 to ’02.
Manuel additionally performed six seasons within the majors as an outfielder with the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1969 to ’75.
Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.