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Bill Virdon, quiet manager of four MLB teams, dies at age 90

Bill Virdon was one of the major leagues' smoothest-fielding center fielders of the 1950s and early '60s. He managed four teams, winning division championships with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros and bringing a surprising New York Yankees team to the brink of one. But many remember him most for hitting a seemingly routine ground ball that was anything but: It sent the Pirates on their way to a dramatic Game 7 victory over the Yankees in the 1960 World Series.

West Plains Native Bill Virdon Dies At 90

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