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- argued with teammates,
- owners, and umpires. He
- never read or went to the
- movies because he said it
- would hurt his batting eye.
- The only thing he really liked to do, besides
- playing baseball, was bet on racehorses.
-
- Rogers managed in the majors for 14
- seasons (often as a player-manager), and
- his teams won one pennant and one World
- Series. (He was on another pennant winner
- as just a player.) He was elected to the
- National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1942.
-