Michael Blazo was a minor league baseball player and manager.

Playing career

Blazo played 12 seasons as catcher in the minors, hitting around .247 in 1011 games.

Managing career

Blazo managed for eight seasons. His first foray into managing occurred in 1938, with the Newport Cardinals

Newport Cardinals

The Newport Cardinals were a Northeast Arkansas League baseball team based in Newport, Arkansas, USA that played from 1936 to 1938. They were affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1936 to 1937. They played their home games at Mann Field....

. He replaced Thorpe Hamilton and managed for part of the season. He next managed in 1941, for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins

Fargo-Moorhead Twins

The Fargo-Moorhead Twins were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1933 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1960. They played in the Northern League and were affiliated with the Cleveland Indians from 1934 to 1940 and from 1953 to 1957, the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1947 to 1948 and the New York...

. That year, he replaced Wes Griffin

Wes Griffin

Westel or Wesley H. Griffin was both a longtime minor league baseball player and manager.-Playing career:...

, and in 1942 he was replaced by Ben Tincup

Ben Tincup

Austin Ben Tincup was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914-1928. In 1918 his career was interrupted while he served in World War I....

. In 1946, he managed the Middletown Rockets

Middletown Rockets

The Middletown Rockets were an Ohio State League baseball team based in Middletown, Ohio, USA that existed from 1945 to 1946. They were affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds in 1946. Dale Long and Wally Post played for them....

 and from 1947 to 1950, he managed the Muncie Reds

Muncie Reds

The Muncie Reds were an Ohio State League and Ohio-Indiana League baseball team based in Muncie, Indiana, USA. They were affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds and played at McCulloch Park....

. He managed the Welch Miners

Welch Miners

The Welch Miners were a Minor league baseball team based in Welch, West Virginia. The team operated from 1937 through 1942 in the Mountain State League and in the Appalachian League from 1946 to 1955...

 in 1951 and the Salisbury Reds

Salisbury Reds

The Salisbury Reds were an Interstate League baseball team based in Salisbury, Maryland, that played during the 1952 season. They were managed by Mike Blazo and Dick Porter and went 65-73.Ducky Detweiler and Maurice Fisher played for them....

 for part of 1957, before being replaced by Dick Porter

Dick Porter

Richard Twilley Porter was a Major League Baseball player who played as an outfielder from -...

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Although he never led a team to a first place finish or to a league championship, he did lead his team to the playoffs a couple times. In 1947, the Muncie Reds lost in the first round of the playoffs. In 1948, the made it to the league finals, losing that series. In 1949, they again made it to - and lost - in the league finals.