Word: cito
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...resurrection of the Mets is far from unique. When Joe Morgan was tapped as manager of the Boston Red Sox in July 1988, the supercharged team immediately won twelve straight games and the division crown. So too with last year's Toronto Blue Jays and fill-in manager Cito Gaston, who inherited an unmotivated team mired in sixth place and spurred it into the American League play-offs. Gaston modestly insists, "You can only do what you can with what you have in terms of talent." There is no way to precisely quantify managerial might-have-beens. But author Bill...