People who have studied the philosphies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi don't often chose baseball as their lifelong profession, but New York Mets' bench coach Jerry Manuel is an exception. He has already had a strong, positive impact on the players and manager Willie Randolph. The 2000 Manager of the Year at the helm of the Chicago White Sox would like another shot as a major league skipper, but he has a plan if that does not come to pass.
If in two years he is not managing a team in the majors, he will coach the baseball team at William Jessup University, a 600-student college located in Rocklin, Calif., near his Sacramento home, that will play its inaugural season in 2009.
“Maybe I need to go down to another level and have an impact on some young men’s lives,” Manuel said. “Maybe that’s what I’m supposed to do.”
Click here to read the New York Times story, "Mets Bench Coach Perfers Being Heard and Not Seen."
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