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12 winning movie baseball coaches that endure

By Loren King

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 13, 2012

Well before the 2012 baseball season officially kicked off (and went quickly south), new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine was already dominating Boston sports chatter. One on-air pundit groused early on that even a skipper as colorful as Bobby V. can’t be the star of the team. But dozens of baseball movies have given us memorable managers who chew the scenery like a wad of tobacco and steal the film as easily as Jacoby Ellsbury dashing from second to third.

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