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. The recently appointed Little will manage the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006.]]

William Grady Little (born March 30 , 1950 in Abilene, Texas ) is currently the Manager of Major League Baseball 's Los Angeles Dodgers .

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1968 , Grady played three seasons in the Braves and New York Yankees organizations. In 1980 , Little gained his first managerial position for the Baltimore Orioles ' Rookie League team in Bluefield, Virginia . He spent 15 full seasons as a manager in the Minor Leagues until 1995 .

In March 2002, the Boston Red Sox hired Little as their manager. Little skippered the Red Sox in the 2002 and 2003 seasons, reaching the playoffs in 2003 . Due to his short time with the Red Sox, Little is best remembered in Boston for not pulling Pedro Martínez during Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series , which the Red Sox eventually lost in 11 innings.

On 8 December 2005, the Los Angeles Dodgers hired Little to replace their previous manager Jim Tracy .


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