His icon at the time was the scrappy, similarly-mustachioed cartoon hero Yosemite Sam.
During the team's first season, former Astros manager and one of Puhl's teammates as a player for the club, Phil Garner became interim coach for the team as Puhl's obligation to the Canada national baseball team forced him to temporarily leave his position.
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