November 04, 2004
Switching to Manuel
The Phillies make a safe choice for manager, going with former Cleveland skipper and Thome friend Charlie Manuel. It looks like the fans wanted Leyland.
As for passing on Leyland, team sources say Wade expects a lot of outrage from fans, and it's already begun.
With rumors circulating that Manuel would get the job, several angry Phillies fans emailed Wade on Wednesday threatening to drop their season tickets if Leyland isn't hired.
"Nothing against Charlie Manuel, but how can you pass up on Leyland?" said Samantha Bloch, a Center City resident and Phillies' season-ticket holder since 2002. "This is a gift opportunity to get a guy that wants to come here and who has won a World Series. It's having it put in your lap and throwing it away.
"The second Jim Leyland wanted to come here, all other options should have been closed in my eyes and in a lot of fans eyes."
I'm not sure there's all that much difference. The history is that if you give either of these men a good team, they win. That will be a big change from Bowa.
Posted by David Pinto at
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seems to me i remember how happy the fans were to get larry bowa a few years back.....
maybe charlie will hire grady as his bench coach again
hehhehheh
Lisa -
Hush.
No Grady.
Please.
I watched manuel coach in cleveland, and I'm not excited to have him in philadelphia. His press conferences were a nightmare, and the philly media will eat him alive. At least he's got a small ballpark to sit in and wait for the offense to hit a three run bomb. Great hitting coach, poor manager... What frustrates me even more, however, is that the organization clearly knew Bowa was going to be removed, and his replacement was already within the organization. So why wait until their season was a wash before making the change?
