The manager of the “Moneyball” Oakland Athletics is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with the coronavirus.
The 73-year-old Howe, best known as the manager of the “Moneyball” Oakland Athletics playoff teams in the late 1990s and early 2000s, confirmed to Houston TV station KPRC 2 on Thursday night he has been dealing with the illness since first feeling symptoms of COVID-19 on May 3.
“Never experienced anything like it before,” Howe said, adding that he needs to go 24 hours without a fever before he can be released from the hospital.
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