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No pushover: Manuel shows he's in charge of his first-place club.

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June 6

Philadelphia Inquirer

 columnist Jim Salisbury

Since becoming Phillies manager before the 2005 season, Charlie Manuel has fought the perception that he is a pushover in pinstripes. Maybe it's the folksy way he talks or his avuncular looks. Maybe it's because, for some, the term players' manager seems to suggest weakness and images of inmates running the asylum. Manuel is no wimp, though, and if you didn't realize that the day he wagged a finger in the face of club icon Dallas Green two summers ago, maybe you will now. And we're not just talking about his standing up to the reigning National League most valuable player yesterday, although that was part of it.

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