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Ned O'Hanlon is known for Entropy (1999), Angel (2012) and It Might Get Loud (2008).
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Edward Hugh Hanlon (August 22, 1857 – April 14, 1937), also known as " Foxy Ned ", [2] and sometimes referred to as " the Father of Modern Baseball ," [3] [4] [5] was an American professional baseball player and manager whose career spanned from 1876 to 1914.
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- August 22, 1857
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Long before the term “small ball” became popular, manager Ned Hanlon was among the first to recognize that a team could generate just as many runs with its legs as it could with its bats. Hanlon began as a fine outfielder in 13 professional seasons in Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
The Connecticut native was to baseball what Socrates was to philosophy, what Eclipse was to thoroughbred racing, what Claude Monet was to Impressionism.
Wulf: Ned Hanlon, ‘Father of Modern Baseball,’ helped usher managing into 20th century. From SABR member Steve Wulf at ESPN.com on July 3, 2015: So this is the birthplace of the first great baseball manager.
