Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel will be with the team for Game 2 this afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers despite the fact that his 87-year-old mother, June Manuel, passed away earlier this morning.

"I can’t imagine a better person in the world than my mother," Manuel said in 2005 in a contribution to MLB.com’s Mother’s Day coverage. "I hope everybody’s mom is like mine. She’s been very special to me, and I’ve been very lucky to have a mother like her."