Jim Frey

James Gottfried Frey (born May 26, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former manager in Major League Baseball.

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He led the Kansas City Royals to their first American League championship in 1980, in his first year with the team. In the World Series, they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, who won their first – and through 2004, only – World Series championship.

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Frey was hired by the Chicago Cubs for the 1984 season, and again struck paydirt as the Cubs won the division title, their first time getting to the post-season since 1945. During the clubhouse celebration following the division-clinching in Pittsburgh, Frey declared, "The monkey's off our back!" To superstitious Cubs fans, a comment like that courted trouble, and the Cubs were defeated in the heartbreaking National League Championship Series, 3 games to 2, as they won the first two games in Chicago but then lost three straight to the San Diego Padres.

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May 26: May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). There are 219 days remaining before the end of the year....

1931: 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday....

Cleveland, Ohio: :For the Cleveland area, see Greater Cleveland....

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