00:00Rob Thompson being fired as the Philadelphia Phillies manager.
00:03Something had to give.
00:04A team with that high of a payroll, struggling that much, Joe.
00:08You can't get rid of Bryce Harper.
00:10You can't get rid of Kyle Schwarber.
00:11You do get rid of the manager.
00:13Now, we're going to get into some components here in just a few moments.
00:15But let's hear from Dave Dombrowski right now on that managerial move.
00:20Well, this isn't a blind game.
00:22That's not that.
00:23We collectively are not doing well.
00:26This is a whole group.
00:28I don't think we're playing very well in offensive, defensive, pitching performance.
00:33I don't think we're playing under our capabilities.
00:36Squad together just said not done very well.
00:38You can blame whomever you choose to do it for us.
00:41We don't really do that.
00:44Rob, it's like the rest of us, and you bear responsibility.
00:47So I talk to him every single day.
00:49But just the way things were going, they're not going well enough.
00:53I don't think we're playing up to our capabilities.
00:55I think we're a much better club than we played.
00:58And so what?
00:59You make some decisions.
01:01It was the right move, Joe.
01:02Something had to be done.
01:03That start to the season unacceptable here with a team that's looking to make a World Series run.
01:08Now already having their playoff season in peril at this point.
01:11They make the move to fire.
01:13Rob Thompson here.
01:14Don Mattingly now in as the manager.
01:17Yeah, it would have been something, too, if they ended up getting Cora as the new manager.
01:23That would have been actually pretty funny.
01:25But, yeah, listen.
01:26Mattingly been here, done this.
01:28A team filled with veterans.
01:30This is the perfect guy at the perfect time here to hopefully light a fire under the Phillies,
01:36who looked finally like the Phillies last night.
01:39Lizardo, who was in Miami, don't forget when Mattingly was there, might be the best he's looked in a very
01:46long time last night.
01:47So hopefully it's a sign of better days ahead here for the Phillies and this group.
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