ESPN - Gene Mauch died at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a long battle with cancer, the Los Angeles Angels said. He had lived in the desert resort area since retiring. A big-league skipper for 26 years with California, Philadelphia, Montreal and Minnesota, Mauch was the National League manager of the year three times. He is sixth in baseball history with 3,938 games managed and 11th on the career victories list. "When you played against him he looked like a robot, but when you got to know him you learned how passionate he was about the game,"...