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Former major league manager Clyde King dies


, whose baseball career as a player, coach, manager and front-office man spanned six decades, has died in North Carolina. He was 86. King pitched with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds during a seven-year big-league career, compiling a 32-25 record and an ERA of 4.14. His best season was in 1951, when he went 14-7. He was 3-6 in his only season at Cincinnati. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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