High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jerry Manuel (born December 23, 1953 in Hahira, Georgia), nicknamed "The Sage" is a former major league manager. He previously managed the Chicago White Sox from 1998 to 2003 and the New York Mets from the middle of 2008 to 2010 and played in the majors for parts of five seasons in the 1970s and early 1980s.