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EASLEY, S.C. - Alvin Dark, a player and manager on World Series champions who sparked perhaps the most famous rally in baseball history, died Thursday. He was 92.The Robinson Funeral Home in Easley, South Carolina, said Dark died at his home.Dark was the 1948 Rookie of the Year and a three-time All-Star shortstop. He played alongside Willie Mays when the New York Giants won the 1954 title, and he guided Reggie Jackson and the Oakland Athletics to the 1974 crown.Darks relationship with his Latin players proved a source of friction during his time as manager of the San Francisco Giants in the 60s. He was said to have asked them to refrain from speaking Spanish at the ballpark — among the Latin stars on those teams were future Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda and Juan Marichal, plus Felipe Alou.Cepeda told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday that he often saw Dark in later years and every time he saw me he felt very sorry for what he did to the Latino players.He didnt know our background or where we came from. I said, Alvin, thats in the past now, thats in the past, Cepeda said. I dont have grudges against nobody.Cepeda said that as he got older, he could better appreciate the baseball advice that Dark imparted to his players.He was ahead of his time, Cepeda said. He was a great baseball man. He made me play hard, because he said I had so much talent.In 1951, Dark was team captain when the Giants trailed the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning in the deciding Game 3 of their NL pennant playoff.Dark hit a leadoff single against Don Newcombe, and Bobby Thomson capped the comeback at the Polo Grounds with a home run that became known as The Shot Heard Round the World for a 5-4 win.Dark was a star runner, passer and punter at LSU and served in the Marines during World War II before becoming a major leaguer.He played briefly for the Boston Braves in 1946, then hit .322 in 1948 and won the rookie award when there was only one selection from both leagues. The Braves reached the World Series that year for the first time in three decades, but lost to Cleveland.Traded to the Giants, he helped them reach the 1951 Series and hit .417 in their loss to Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and the Yankees.In the 1954 World Series, highlighted by Mays famed over-the-head catch, Dark hit .412 as the Giants swept Cleveland.Dark played in the celebrated Willie, Mickey and the Duke era of New York baseball in the 1950s, when the Giants, Yankees and Dodgers ruled. Along with Mays, Mantle and Duke Snider in centre field, the city had three quality shortstops — Dark, plus future Hall of Famers Pee Wee Reese of the Dodgers and Phil Rizzuto of the Yankees.Dark hit .289 with 126 home runs in 14 seasons with the Braves, Giants, St. Louis, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia.In 1961, Dark began a managing career that spanned 13 seasons in which he went 994-954 with the Giants, Kansas City and Oakland As, Cleveland and San Diego.Alvin was a true Giant and was a part of our rich history in the 1950s and 1960s, San Francisco CEO Larry Baer said in a statement.Dark led the Giants to the 1962 pennant but lost the World Series in seven games to the Yankees. Dark took over the Athletics in 1974 and guided them to their third straight Series title that season.He managed San Diego for the second half of the 1977 season, then was fired during spring training in 1978 after saying he wanted to make several big moves, including putting newcomer Ozzie Smith at shortstop.Dark worked with minor leaguers in the Cubs and Chicago White Sox organizations and moved to South Carolina in the early 1980s.He was a true baseball man who will always hold a prominent place in our history, both in Kansas City and Oakland, the Athletics said in a statement.___AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley contributed to this report. Scott Schebler Jersey .ca MLB Power Rankings, the third consecutive week that the As have held top spot and the third straight week that they have been one ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. Anthony DeSclafani Jersey . -- LeGarrette Blount made one last big splash into a soggy end zone. http://www.redsgearshop.com/Reds-Adam-Duvall-Kids-Jersey/. 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FIFA said in a statement Friday that "several racist and discriminatory incidents were apparently perpetrated by local supporters during the match, in particular by displaying neo-Nazi banners and by making monkey noises and gestures as well as Nazi salutes.TORONTO - Light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones picked up a basic purse of U$500,000 for his successful title defence against Daniel Cormier at UFC 182.The Nevada State Athletic Commission released purse figures Monday. The commission figures do not tell the whole compensation story since the UFC, a private company, does not release all its bonus and contract details. Jones, for example, would likely have collected a cut of the lucrative pay-per-view revenue which UFC president Dana White said exceeded 750,000 buys.Cormier got $90,0000, missing out on a matching win bonus.Both main event fighters Saturday picked up an additional $50,000 for fight of the night.Lightweight Donald ((Cowboy) Cerrone earned $140,000, including a $70,000 win bonus for defeating Myles (Fury) Jury ($16,000) in the co-main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.ddddddddddddWelterweight Hector Lombard made $106,000 for his win over Josh Burkman ($45,000).At the other end of the scale, UFC newcomer Jared (Tha Killa Gorilla) Cannonier made $8,000 in a knockout loss to Shawn Jordan ($94,000 including a $50,000 performance bonus).Cannonier took two months off from his job repairing air traffic control equipment for the Federal Aviation Administration to prepare for the fight. The Alaska-based heavyweight raised more than $6,000 for his training camp in Arizona via gofundme.com. 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