In the book The Curse of Rocky Colavito, author Terry Pluto noted that the trade was necessitated by an awkward situation, namely that Eckersley's wife Denise had left him for Manning after Rick had stayed with the Eckersleys while recovering from his back surgery, and in that time became romantically involved with her.
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Currently, Manning can be seen doing Tribe games on SportsTime Ohio (alongside Matt Underwood).
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In the book The Curse of Rocky Colavito, author Terry Pluto noted that the trade was necessitated by an awkward situation, namely that Eckersley's wife had presumably left him for teammate Rick Manning.