When Montreal brings back Jim Fanning to be the skipper of the Expos, the hiring marks the second time Bill Virdon will be fired during the season to be replaced by the manager he succeeded. During the 1973 campaign, the Pirates ask Danny Murtaugh to return to the dugout to also replace the bespectacled skipper, his replacement two years earlier.

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On August 30, 1984 — When Montreal brings back Jim Fanning to be the skipper of the Expos, the hiring marks the second time Bill Virdon will be fired during the season to be replaced by the manager he succeeded. During the 1973 campaign, the Pirates ask Danny Murtaugh to return to the dugout to also replace the bespectacled skipper, his replacement two years earlier.

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