Claim: Special Scout Connie Ryan (born on February 27, 1920) was named to finish out the string with only a handful of games left in the season; then for 1976, GM Eddie Robinson promised to hire a "firebrand" to replace the scholarly King.
Evidence: Cornelius Joseph Ryan (February 27, 1920 – January 3, 1996) was an American professional baseball second baseman, third baseman, coach and manager who served as interim manager of two Major League Baseball teams, the 1975 Atlanta Braves and the 1977 Texas Rangers. Ryan succeeded Clyde King as skipper of the Atlanta Braves on August 30, 1975, and guided the team to a record of 9–18 over the final 27 games of the season. But King's 1975 team collapsed; it was 58–76 and 31​⁄2 games behind the Reds on August 29, 1975, when King was replaced as manager by Connie Ryan.