Whitey Herzog’s strange season managing the Texas Rangers

Whitey Herzog, who died last month at 92, is best known for leading the St. Louis Cardinals to three National League pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s with an explosively fast team that stole bases at will. Mostly forgotten, however, is his humbling managerial debut a decade earlier in Texas, when he was fired after less than one season and replaced by Billy Martin. It was, he would later say, an experience he regretted, but it provided a colorful start to what became a Hall of Fame managerial career.