Bobby Wine of division titles in the National League East has been linked to his work in sharing his astute baseball observations directly with longtime Braves' manager Bobby Cox. Wine lives with his wife, Fran, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. His son, Robbie, is a former major league catcher and the former head baseball coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions. In 2007, Wine was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. In 2009, his grandson, Cory Wine, was drafted by his former team, the Philadelphia Phillies, in the 38th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. Bobby Wine Robert Paul Wine
Manager (baseball) North American professional sports leagues), while the general manager is often called the GM. This usage dates back to the early days of professional baseball when it was common practice for teams to have just one "manager" on their staff, and where GM duties were performed either by the field manager or (more commonly) by the owner of the team. Some owners (most famously, Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics) carried out both GM and field managerial duties themselves. Major League Baseball managers differ from the head coaches of most other professional sports in that they dress in the same