Dallas GreenĀ is fired as manager of theĀ YankeesĀ and replaced by former SSĀ Bucky Dent

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On August 18, 1989 —Ā Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green (5th place, 56-65) as the Yankee manager.

It is the 17th time the team has changed skippers during George Steinbrenner’s 17-year tenure as the club’s owner. TheĀ 1978Ā play-off hero loses his managerial debut to theĀ TigersĀ in Detroit, 7 – 3.
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