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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Philadelphia Phillies announced on Friday that manager Ryne Sandberg has resigned.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sandberg was promoted on an interim basis in August 2013 after the firing of longtime manager Charlie Manuel.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Philadelphia removed the interim tag off Sandberg in September of that year and announced he would return the next season on a three-year contract.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After going 20-22 under Sandberg in 2013, the Phillies posted a 73-89 record the next season, good for fourth in the National League East division.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This season Philadelphia started 26-48 and had dropped 15 of its last 20 games.&amp;nbsp;Third-base coach Pete Mackanin will replace Sandberg on an interim basis.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Phillies open a three-game series against the Washington Nationals on Friday at&amp;nbsp;Citizens Bank Park.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;POWER RANKINGS:&amp;nbsp;Cardinals take first for fourth straight week&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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