Top Prospect #27: Lee Gwaltney

[asheylarry]

This is why Wade needs to go. Only one viable option out of those three. Why even waste time interviewing Baylor and Little?

[DaveBrownisgod]

This is why Wade needs to go. Only one viable option out of those three. Why even waste time interviewing Baylor and Little?
I agree completely, there is an interview over on ESPN with Peter Gammons saying Grady Little will be the next Phils manager and what a great fit he would be. He goes on t rambling about him having a relationship with Thome and a few other points, but I just don't think he is a good manager, he had a team that was built to win, but blew it with some questionable decisions. And nothing proves that more about that team than this season, if Terry Francona can take them to the playoffs and possibly further, Grady Little should look for another career.

[PhilaVa]

I agree completely, there is an interview over on ESPN with Peter Gammons saying Grady Little will be the next Phils manager and what a great fit he would be. He goes on t rambling about him having a relationship with Thome and a few other points, but I just don't think he is a good manager, he had a team that was built to win, but blew it with some questionable decisions. And nothing proves that more about that team than this season, if Terry Francona can take them to the playoffs and possibly further, Grady Little should look for another career.

Well, in all fairness to Grady, Terry has Curt Schilling and Keith Foulke and it remains to be seen if he will go further or not. Manual and Little are fine with me, Baylor is an absolute joke.

[asheylarry]

Well, in all fairness to Grady, Terry has Curt Schilling and Keith Foulke and it remains to be seen if he will go further or not. Manual and Little are fine with me, Baylor is an absolute joke.
See, this doesn't excuse Grady. Lowe had a great year last year and his bullpen was lights out in the playoffs. Even Pedro thought he was done after the 7th. I'm really hoping they don't hire Little. I'd rather have Bowa than Little. I can't even believe Wade is going to interview him. Don't these fucking owners realize how much of an idiot Wade is? I mean what else does he need to do to get himself canned?

[PhilaVa]

See, this doesn't excuse Grady. Lowe had a great year last year and his bullpen was lights out in the playoffs. Even Pedro thought he was done after the 7th. I'm really hoping they don't hire Little. I'd rather have Bowa than Little. I can't even believe Wade is going to interview him. Don't these fucking owners realize how much of an idiot Wade is? I mean what else does he need to do to get himself canned?

Really? Lowe = Schilling?

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I agree he shouldn't have had Pedro go back out there expecially since his Pen had been performing, but that's not to say it wouldn't have happen to the Pen either, I hate second guessing. But seriously, Lowe = Schilling?

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Just Stop.

[DaveBrownisgod]

I just really don't like Grady Little, I don't think he is a good baseball man at all. I didn't like him before the incident in Boston, and I think in the NL you need to be a better manager, since your pitchers have to bat for themselves and worry about double switches and proper management of you lineup in the game. No Lowe and Schilling aren't on the level at all, and Lowe lost 2 games in the LCS last year but I still think they should have won that series.

[thomeismyhomie]

I hope they have very brief discussions with Don Baylor and Grady Little, I just don't think either one of those two have proven capable of guiding a winner. Charlie Manuel might not be to bad, because I think this team would play hard for him and that might be all they need.... well that and a centerfielder and maybe a presence in the locker room like Dykstra and Daulton were in 93.
Let's not forget about Baylor. I know he failed with the Cubs but he did take the Rockies to the playoffs and won manager of the year in 1995(was this already said? sorry if it was)

[JRoll]

Let's not forget about Baylor. I know he failed with the Cubs but he did take the Rockies to the playoffs and won manager of the year in 1995(was this already said? sorry if it was)
My top 5
1. Varsho
2. Hargrove
3. Bomby
4. Little
5. Manuel (think he would be a better hitting coach)

[DaveBrownisgod]

Let's not forget about Baylor. I know he failed with the Cubs but he did take the Rockies to the playoffs and won manager of the year in 1995(was this already said? sorry if it was)
He was MOY with the Rockies, and I do give him credit for that, but Bowa was manager of the year in 2001 and Baylor is 60 or so games under .500 with about 300 games under his belt, I don't think those numbers are good enough.

[thomeismyhomie]

Mine:

1. Hargrove
2. Leyland
3. Manuel
4. Varsho
5. Milt Thompson

[PhilaVa]

From Philadelphia Daily News...

WHEN I'M KING of the World...

The Phillies will hire a minority to manage the last National League club to integrate...

But is this the right time for a ballclub that didn't integrate until obscure infielder John Kennedy in 1957 to become politically correct? The next manager, whether he has as high a profile as Jim Leyland or is as obscure as Earl Weaver was when the Orioles promoted him from the minor leagues, is going headfirst into a pressure cooker. The only guy in the Money Pit with more win-now urgency than Ed Wade's next manager will be Ed Wade himself.

Being an African-American or a Hispanic might be a little too much to heap on the plate of a man mandated to put the Phillies into the postseason - or else. Colleague Sam Donnellon thinks this would be a propitious time for Phillies president Dave Montgomery to back up a claim that his stewardship does not lack gumption by hiring one of the outstanding minority candidates out there. I agree with the sentiment but not the timing.

Whatever, Sam missed one obvious choice on an otherwise excellent list - Marlins hitting coach Bill Robinson. Bill is a man of extremely high character and intelligence who has done just about every baseball job there is to do except manage at the major league level. He was batting coach for a World Series-winning 1986 Mets team that won 106 games and 17 years later, he coached the hitters on a Marlins team that shocked the world. In his first managing gig after the Mets scapegoated him, he led Caracas to the Venezuelan Winter League championship. Bill managed in the Double A Texas League for the Giants and led a prospect-lean team to the playoffs. When the Giants asked him to move down to Single A San Jose the next season, he went home to Sewell, N.J., where he was an unpaid adviser to Washington Township's high school team.

The Phillies hired him to be Reading batting coach in 1994.

In 1996, he was Scott Rolen's manager. Rolen was hitting .361 when he was promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Unfortunately for his career, Robinson is one of those compulsive truth-tellers who didn't always tell the home-office honchos what they wanted to hear. I'd like to hear some of those words wind up in the ears of a confused hitter like Pat Burrell.

When I'm King of the World...

The NHL's locked-out enforcers will appear on Ultimate Fighting Challenge undercards to keep their hands and chins in shape. Actually, that's almost what Donald Brashear, the Flyers' burly skater-puncher, is doing to weather the league's ugly lockout. Brashear is mucking it up and knocking 'em down as a temporary star for Quebec Radio X in the hardscrabble, 12-team North American Hockey League. In case you wonder what the league's main thrust is, the Laval Chiefs wear the same uniforms as the Charleston Chiefs in "Slap Shot." A half-dozen fights in an average game is not unusual, and Brashear wisely has ducked dust-ups with a couple of goons in the 6-7, 275-pound range, although he has been averaging just over a point and a fight a game. He denies reports he will earn $300,000 if the lockout scrubs the entire NHL season. The NAHL has a $25,000-a-month salary max. If you can read French, here's the link to the Radio-X Web site: http://www.radioxdequebec.com/statistiques.php ...

This is a recording: It's way past time - again - to take the expensive toy that is Division I football away from the hard-core alumni ego trippers who insist on making Temple University a national laughingstock. Having 70 points dropped on you by a mediocre Bowling Green team with an "announced" 12,000 and change rattling around in the Linc is inexcusable and unacceptable. Compete or get lost ...

The Phillies are in full damage-control mode. Dave Montgomery has appeared on the WIP-610 morning show and Monday's "Daily News Live." Ed Wade gave "DNL" 35 minutes of his time Tuesday and made an extremely rare WIP call-in yesterday. If you had to sum up the four appearances with one sentence: "We're dancing as fast as we can."

When I'm King of the World ...

Joe Paterno will do with hotshot quarterback prospect Anthony Morelli in an already-lost 2004 Penn State season what he did with John Hufnagle in 1970.

JoePa's first quarterback controversy happened so long ago - 34 years - I wonder if the Lion in Winter remembers it.

I'll refresh his memory, just in case. The Lions went into the '70 season riding a 30-game unbeaten streak and ran it to 31 with a rout of Navy. Reality set in the following week at Colorado. Quarterbacks Mike Cooper and Bob Parsons both were futile in a 41-13 loss to the Buffaloes. Paterno played musical QBs during a 2-3 start lowlighted by a 24-7 homecoming loss to Syracuse. JoePa took the wraps off Hufnagle, an unheralded sophomore QB, and Penn State ran the table to finish 7-3 and disdainfully turned down bids to lesser bowls.

I was thinking about Huffy's smash debut against Army after Zack Mills and Michael Robinson were injured early at Wisconsin. Surely, JoePa would unveil top recruit Morelli, a massively recruited 6-4 Parade All-American. Nope. Joe quit on the season right there and treated the disgruntled Mount Nit fans to No. 3 QB Chris Ganter. You remember Huffy, right, Joe? Joe?

[asheylarry]

Really? Lowe = Schilling?

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I agree he shouldn't have had Pedro go back out there expecially since his Pen had been performing, but that's not to say it wouldn't have happen to the Pen either, I hate second guessing. But seriously, Lowe = Schilling?

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Just Stop.
Hot pitching is hot pitching. There's no getting around that. I don't care who it is, if the guy is pitching great I don't see how you can dump on him because he's not Schilling. IMO there is no difference between what Lowe was giving the Sox last year and what Schilling has given them this year.

[thomeismyhomie]

He was MOY with the Rockies, and I do give him credit for that, but Bowa was manager of the year in 2001 and Baylor is 60 or so games under .500 with about 300 games under his belt, I don't think those numbers are good enough.
I don't want Baylor as our manager. I was just simply saying let's not get all nuts cause they mentioned his name.

[thomeismyhomie]

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/images/2004/10/07/Mm9VfFir.jpg He seems thrilled doesn't he?

[asheylarry]

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/images/2004/10/07/Mm9VfFir.jpg He seems thrilled doesn't he?
Anyone with a forehead that big should not be in a position to make organizational decisions.

[PhilaVa]

Hot pitching is hot pitching. There's no getting around that. I don't care who it is, if the guy is pitching great I don't see how you can dump on him because he's not Schilling. IMO there is no difference between what Lowe was giving the Sox last year and what Schilling has given them this year.

The Sox were three games better then they were last year, and correct me if I'm wrong but Lowe lost TWO games in the ALCS last year, anyone want to bank on Schilling losing TWO games in the Championship Series?

I know Lowe had a good year last year, but even at his best Lowe cannot hold Schillings jock. Expecially when it comes to the post season.

[kwahraps]

Hot pitching is hot pitching. There's no getting around that. I don't care who it is, if the guy is pitching great I don't see how you can dump on him because he's not Schilling. IMO there is no difference between what Lowe was giving the Sox last year and what Schilling has given them this year.
2003 Lowe : 203 IP, 17-7, 4.47 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, .272 AVG against
2004 Schill : 226 IP, 21-6, 3.26 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, .239 AVG against

Your quote should have said :

"IMO there is no difference between what Lowe was giving the Sox last year and what Milton has given the Phillies this year"

Curt Schilling and Derek Lowe are #s 1 and 2 in run support.
Take away their records, and which pitcher would you rather have???
By the way, Milton was #10 in run support.

[Hey Look Its Chase Utley!]

I could be wrong here, but does Baylor really have a chance, or is he just to get the minority canidate out of the way. Maybe I'm cynical, but I think it's going to be Grady Little with Manuel the hitting coach.

[PhilaVa]

I could be wrong here, but does Baylor really have a chance, or is he just to get the minority canidate out of the way. Maybe I'm cynical, but I think it's going to be Grady Little with Manuel the hitting coach.

I wouldn't mind that. I think Baylor would be a mistake. Little would be fine with me and so would Manual. I also wouldn't mind Howe. My top five would be...

1. Howe
2. Varsho
3. Manual
4. Little
5. Bring back Bowa.

[JRoll]

I wouldn't mind that. I think Baylor would be a mistake. Little would be fine with me and so would Manual. I also wouldn't mind Howe. My top five would be...

1. Howe
2. Varsho
3. Manual
4. Little
5. Bring back Bowa.
What about Bomby? Nobody ever brings him up but I think he would be as good as some other candidates.

[PhilaVa]

What about Bomby? Nobody ever brings him up but I think he would be as good as some other candidates.

Gordon Bombay? I'm not sure he isn't done coaching the Mighty Ducks yet, but when his probation is over, I'm sure Wade will give him a look.

[JRoll]

Gordon Bombay? I'm not sure he isn't done coaching the Mighty Ducks yet, but when his probation is over, I'm sure Wade will give him a look.
You know exactly who I meant....bitch :p

[PhilaVa]

You know exactly who I meant....bitch :p

I know, I love Emelio Estavez, but I don't think he is qualified to coach the Phils. Hell, he'll try to implement the flying V with Rollins, Thome and Abreu.

[JRoll]

I know, I love Emelio Estavez, but I don't think he is qualified to coach the Phils. Hell, he'll try to implement the flying V with Rollins, Thome and Abreu.
OK, enough of that, I meant Bombard.

[PhilaVa]

OK, enough of that, I meant Bombard.

Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!

[JRoll]

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Aren't moderators supposed to stay on topic?

[Hey Look Its Chase Utley!]

I wouldn't mind that. I think Baylor would be a mistake. Little would be fine with me and so would Manual. I also wouldn't mind Howe. My top five would be...

1. Howe
2. Varsho
3. Manual
4. Little
5. Bring back Bowa.

Just to add something to that list, if you read Moneyball it really paints Howe in a bad light.

[PhilaVa]

Just to add something to that list, if you read Moneyball it really paints Howe in a bad light.

Correct me if I'm wrong but Howe isn't in the Playoffs, and neither is Moneyball.

[kwahraps]

Correct me if I'm wrong but Howe isn't in the Playoffs, and neither is Moneyball.
Er, the Dodgers (DePodesta) and the Red Sox (Epstein) should be considered Moneyball teams. Granted, their payrolls are high,
but the GMs come from a statistics-oriented background. Look at
the moves each GM made after inheriting their respective teams.
Even if you have the money, you still have to know what to buy.
*cough* *cough* Roberto Hernandez, Millwood, etc.

Plus, the A's missed the playoffs by a whopping one game, while having
mediocre years from their Big 3.

I think I'd give my right arm if we could trade Byrd for Byrnes.
The Phils need a spark plug.

[DaveBrownisgod]

Here is a top 5 :

1. Nick Leyva
2. Lee Elia
3. John Felske
4. Terry Francona
5. Jim Fregosi

:o

[PhilaVa]

Er, the Dodgers (DePodesta) and the Red Sox (Epstein) should be considered Moneyball teams. Granted, their payrolls are high,
but the GMs come from a statistics-oriented background. Look at
the moves each GM made after inheriting their respective teams.
Even if you have the money, you still have to know what to buy.
*cough* *cough* Roberto Hernandez, Millwood, etc.

Plus, the A's missed the playoffs by a whopping one game, while having
mediocre years from their Big 3.

I think I'd give my right arm if we could trade Byrd for Byrnes.
The Phils need a spark plug.

I believe the Blue Jays are also MoneyBall, hows that working out? I'm not arguing that moneyball doesn't work, I would kill to have better management, I was refering to Howe, I wouldn't mind him being our manager, but he isn't the top choice for me.

[Hey Look Its Chase Utley!]

Correct me if I'm wrong but Howe isn't in the Playoffs, and neither is Moneyball.
I didn't even like Moneyball, I was just adding that little factoid in there. I don't think Howe is as good as his record stated in Oakland or as bad as his record stated in NY.

[DaveBrownisgod]

All I can truthfully hope for is that don't rush to make any decisions for the purpose of having a manger in place. I don't think they can interview enough available people for the position, but hopefully they can find someone to guide this group and make them into winners. Don Baylor actually had a really good interview in the Inquirer today, he can definately talk the talk.

[Domino427]

Energy. That's what this boils down to.

We have to make a wise choice here. Someone that both the players AND the fans will respect and support. Someone who can pull the guys together in the clubhouse and someone who won't piss off the fans.

I know you're not going to please everyone, but a vast majority must support our choice.

So that takes out Little and Baylor.

Personally, I'd like to see Manuel as the Hitting Coach and Larry Anderson as the pitching coach.

Manager could be either Hargrove or Varsho. If we go with Varsho, let Bombard be the bench coach. If we go with Hargrove, we keep Varsho. Unless we decide to get rid of Vukovich, then Bombard can come up and take his spot???

[DaveBrownisgod]

Energy. That's what this boils down to.

We have to make a wise choice here. Someone that both the players AND the fans will respect and support. Someone who can pull the guys together in the clubhouse and someone who won't piss off the fans.

I know you're not going to please everyone, but a vast majority must support our choice.

So that takes out Little and Baylor.

Personally, I'd like to see Manuel as the Hitting Coach and Larry Anderson as the pitching coach.

Manager could be either Hargrove or Varsho. If we go with Varsho, let Bombard be the bench coach. If we go with Hargrove, we keep Varsho. Unless we decide to get rid of Vukovich, then Bombard can come up and take his spot???
Vukovich is already gone as a coach, he has been offered a special assistant to the GM position, but he will not be back as a coach definately. I would love to see Manuel as the hitting coach and LA as the pitching coach, I think their mentalities and knowledge would be great for the players. As for manager I am so unsure as to what I want, Hargrove has at least been to 2 World Series and without Joe Table he might have won one. I really would like to see someone who has been to and won a championship, but if not, I think we are rolling the dice anyway we cut it. Hopefully they will find another Andy Reid.

[PhilaVa]

Here is part of a story from MLB.com from his first game in the Arizona Fall League, although his team, the Phoenix Desert Dogs still lists him as an INF, the Phils say he will be playing OF...pretty good start to the Fall League for Howard..

With the Desert Dogs hitting in the top of the first inning, Jeremy Hermida (FLA) reached on an error with two outs. He ended up scoring on a double by Nick Gorneault (ANA). Two more runs scored in the inning on a home run to right field by Ryan Howard (PHI) to give the Desert Dogs an early 3-0 lead.

From Phillies.com

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phoenix Desert Dogs list Ryan Howard as an infielder on their roster, but the Phillies prospect isn't expected to spend much time there during this edition of the Arizona Fall League.

In fact, no one would say a word if he left his first baseman's glove at home. The top power hitting prospect in the organization arrived in Arizona with the intention of learning to play the outfield, something he hasn't done since high school.

"It will be an adventure, and I'm looking forward to it," said Howard. "Once you get to the Major Leagues, the goal is to stay."

A two-time winner of the Paul Owens Award, given annually to the Phillies best minor league pitcher and player, Howard began the year at Double-A Reading, hitting 37 home runs and shattering two records -- Greg Luzinski's 34-year-old Reading Phillies' home run record (33 homers) and Reading's professional mark of 34 set by Harold Jones of the Reading Indians in 1960.

He hit nine more long balls at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and then two with the Phillies in September. He broke Luzinski's mark in 40 fewer games and nearly 100 fewer at-bats. Despite missing the final two months of the season because of his promotion, Howard was named the Eastern League MVP.

It was his second straight MVP crown. Playing for Single-A Clearwater, he was named the Florida State League MVP last season after falling seven RBIs short of the league's Triple Crown.

"Ryan has been an outstanding prospect from the first day he put on a uniform," said general manager Ed Wade. "And he continues to get better."

He will attempt to do that with the Desert Dogs, and hopes to make himself more valuable in the process. Blocked by Jim Thome at first base, learning the outfield can only help his ascension. Granted, he's also blocked at the corner spots by Pat Burrell and Bobby Abreu, but if Howard proves adequate, the Phillies have more options.

With his hitting not a concern, there are some who have reservations about his ability to play the outfield, citing his speed. But the relatively small dimensions of Citizens Bank Park and the possibility of a strong defensive center fielder may alleviate some of those worries. A few years ago, Phillies management expressed some concerns about Pat Burrell making a similar switch.

Still, this is all just a test. Howard could still be dealt in the offseason if the teams offer better talent than at the 2004 trading deadline, or he could continue his outfield lessons with the Red Barons. Howard prefers not to think about such things.

"I'll be home, probably asleep or bowling," Howard said, of his post-AFL days. "I can't control that (trade) stuff, so I won't worry about it."

Joining Howard on the Desert Dogs are pitchers Keith Bucktrot and Dan Giese, catcher Carlos Ruiz, infielder Buzz Hannahan and outfielder Chris Roberson.

[dond]

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/phi/news/phi_news.jsp?ymd=20041008&content_id=887494&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp

[PhilaVa]

Not sure why they fired Art Howe to interview someone like Carlos Tosca?

From the Inquirer...

Former Toronto Blue Jays manager Carlos Tosca interviewed with the New York Mets yesterday, the first candidate brought in to discuss their managerial opening following the firing of Art Howe.

Tosca met with new Mets general manager Omar Minaya and his top assistants, Jim Duquette, Gary LaRoque and John Ricco. The interview had been scheduled by Duquette when he was general manager and before Minaya was brought in Sept. 30 to take over.

Howe was dismissed Sept. 15 but completed the season. He was midway through a $9.4 million, four-year contract.

Tosca was fired by the Blue Jays on Aug. 8 after a loss at Yankee Stadium dropped Toronto to 47-64.

Los Angeles outfielder Milton Bradley won't be disciplined by the Dodgers for a clubhouse confrontation with Los Angeles Times sportswriter Jason Reid, whom he called an "Uncle Tom."

A club spokesman said the matter was closed. A day earlier, Rich Levin, a spokesman for the commissioner's office, said Major League Baseball decided not to investigate the matter.

"My initial reaction is that this does not rise to the level of disciplining Milton," Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said late Thursday in St. Louis. "Having said that, I don't condone him or anybody being disrespectful to somebody else by name-calling of any kind."

Several fans booed Bradley in eac
h of his four plate appearances Tuesday in the opener of the Dodgers-Cardinals' best-of-five NL playoff series. That was Bradley's first game following a five-game suspension assessed for a bottle-throwing tantrum during a win over Colorado in Los Angeles.

Reid asked Bradley on Wednesday about his treatment by St. Louis fans. Bill Dwyre, the Times' sports editor, said several reporters in the Dodgers' clubhouse said Bradley didn't like Reid's question. According to witnesses and Reid's tape, Bradley said, "You're an Uncle Tom. You're a sellout."

According to Dwyre, Reid, who is black, took offense and began yelling at Bradley, who also is black.

Reid, in a statement, said he and Bradley made amends before Thursday's game and Reid considers the matter closed.

[SU Nittany Tide]

http://www.fanball.com/bb/article.cfm/ID.2938


Means nothing more than they were statistically the best at their positions. So basically Rollins had a better offensive season than Furcal, and we all know its not even close on defense. Abreu was a given of course with the way his season went.

[Hey Look Its Chase Utley!]

So does this mean Abreu in CF?

[Domino427]

Either that or we're gonna be looking to move Burrell...i just dont see Burrell or Howard in RF. Burrell has the better arm for the position, and probably moves a bit better...but both are better suited for LF.

[thomeismyhomie]

no way in hell I want Abreu in CF next year.

[PhilaVa]

I had no idea this had happened, probably b/c it happened when I was moving for a month over the summer but until someone on here mentioned it I did not know so I'll post it here in case some of you also missed it...

Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt, who is the manager of the Clearwater Threshers in the Florida State League, has notified the Phillies that he will not return to the minor league development program for next season.

“I feel it is best for me to withdraw from the development program,” he said in a letter to General Manager Ed Wade, Assistant General Manager, Scouting and Player Development Mike Arbuckle and Field Coordinator Bill Dancy. “The experience was wonderful and rewarding, but for several reasons, does not work for me and my family.

“I thank you for opening the opportunity at Clearwater. I hope my efforts came close to satisfying your needs.”

Wade said, “When Arbuckle and I met with Schmitty, commitment was something that Mike said he would give the organization. He certainly has done that. He gave us his best effort every single day. The organization is very appreciative. Mike should be proud of another chapter in his Phillies career.”

Schmidt’s final game as a manager will be Sunday afternoon at Tampa.

[thomeismyhomie]

Ah....yeah, that was a little while back. It wasnt much news though cause he said something about it back at the beginning of the year. It'll be interesting to see what role he plays in the organization from here out.

[Hey Look Its Chase Utley!]

In my best Joan Crawford voice: No more Former Phillies Managers.