Former Philadelphia Phillies supervisor Charlie Manuel suffered a stroke past present process a clinical process in Florida on Saturday, the group introduced. On Sunday, alternatively, the Phillies equipped an encouraging replace. 

“This morning, the Phillies received a positive update from Charlie Manuel’s wife, Missy,” the remark reads. “Charlie has made progress over the past 12 hours and his doctors are encouraged.” 

When the group previous introduced that Manuel, 79, had suffered a stroke on Saturday, the Phillies famous that, “The next 24 hours will be crucial to his recovery.” Sunday’s replace signifies that Manuel is certainly making walk all over the crucial length following the stroke and the elimination of the blood clot. 

Manuel is a habitual at Phillies’ spring coaching video games in Florida and he attended house video games at Electorate Storagefacility Landscape all over the group’s run to the Nationwide League pennant a past in the past. Manuel controlled Philadelphia from 2005-13 and was once on the helm for the franchise’s 2008 International Layout championship. The Phillies went 780-636 (.551) all over his 9 seasons.

Earlier than his stint in Philadelphia, Manuel controlled Cleveland from 2000-02, well-known the group all over a 220-190 (.537) report. He owns a profession 1,000-826 (.548) managerial report and has gained six section titles, two pennants, and the only International Layout in 2008. Manuel was once added to the Phillies Wall of Popularity in 2014.

Manuel performed six seasons within the large leagues as a backup outfielder with the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1969-75. He additionally performed in Japan from 1976-81. Manuel started his training profession within the minors with the Twins within the early Nineteen Eighties.