George Knox

​George Knox is the tritagonist and the California Angels' manager in Angels in the Outfield.
==Role in the film==
Knox was a former catcher and manager for the Cincinnati Reds who got traded to Anaheim to manage the California Angels, who lead them on a horrible losing streak and got frustrated at them every time they lose. During a game, he gets ejected for attacking his pitcher and at the end of the game, he is interviewed by sportscaster Ranch Wilder, another former player who turns out to have ended his playing days when he slid his spiked cleats into Knox's knee. While they were arguing, Knox punches Wilder for payback for ruining his playing days, with Wilder later pressing charges for assault as revenge.
Meanwhile, a young foster boy named Roger Bowman prayed for help from real angels to make the team win so he and his father can live together. At the next game, Knox began to see that his team is playing as they've never played before because Roger can see the real angels helping them out and the Angels win for the first time with Knox as their manager and Roger won a chance to get photographed with Knox on the field, Knox refuses to get a photograph with kids because he really hates them, while Roger is getting his photo taken with him, he tells them about the real angels helping out. The next day, Knox questions his team about the game they won and they tell him it that it felt like people were grabbing them. Knox delivers the photo to Roger and his friend, J.P., he asks them to be regular fans at the home games so Roger can let him know about the real angels and they agree.
As the season goes on, the Angels win more games with the help of the real angels, and Knox becomes close friends with Roger and J.P. The team makes it to the championship, but J.P. shows up at the first championship game alone because Roger had a court hearing about his father giving up custody to him, which made Knox unhappy; as a result, the Angels lose the first game of the championship. J.P. tells Wilder about the real angels and Wilder attempts to get owner Hank Murphy to fire Knox.
Knox takes J.P. home at the same time Roger returns home from his court hearing. Their caretaker, Maggie Nelson, tells Knox about Roger's widowed father giving up custody of him; Knox then tells Roger that when he was Roger's age, his father barely spent time with him or his brothers because he couldn't take care of himself, which led to Knox being a very frustrated man for all his life. Knox then warns Roger that if he goes through life thinking more people would let him down, Roger will hate children when he becomes an adult and be more frustrated like Knox was before he met the two boys.
The next day, Murphy tells Knox that he needs to relieve him of management because of the story of real angels helping out. Knox says that they have one game left; then Murphy tells Knox that he already arranged a press conference allowing him to retract this statement. While at the press conference, Roger, J.P., and the entire team stand up for Knox saying they won't play for anyone but him. Murphy, touched by the faith and loyalty, decides to keep Knox by the team's request and go for the championship.
At the championship game, Al the Boss Angel tells Roger that the angels can't help because of championship rules, and later, Roger and the entire stadium, except Wilder and the Chicago White Sox, are doing a wing signal that Knox helped Roger do earlier in the film. The Angels win the Championship, with Murphy firing Wilder for his insults to Knox and the players; Knox tells the team that they didn't need the Angels. When Knox takes the boys home, he tells them the good news that he called the family court and asked them if he would adopt Roger and J.P., and they agreed.
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