00:00there we're going to talk some philadelphia phillies right now how's the best way to turn
00:03around your baseball team and no rob thompson wasn't the total issue with the team mattingly
00:08comes in and all sudden preaching fundamentals craig which means do your job at the plate let's
00:13get some solid pitching let's get a dominant closer out there and we'll see where it goes
00:17they've been fantastic they're not going to catch the atlanta braves at least i don't think so
00:21still eight games back but playing much better baseball that's a high price payroll finally
00:26cashing in craig really impressive series against uh toronto they they seemingly just have that one
00:32starter i hate to that we bash them every week donnie and painter you know but it seems like
00:36it's the one starter that just can't get out and everybody else does uh but listen they'll get that
00:41right at some point but i really love this team and i think that they're going to be a representative
00:46in the playoffs maybe as the nl as a wild card or something like that division seemingly going to be
00:51too tough but i do think that they'll get in craig you've been around don mattingly here let me ask
00:55you
00:55this quick question like if everything goes according to plan for the phillies who were in
00:59the doldrums here to start the season let's just say they play similar baseball to what they're doing
01:03now don't win the world series but make the playoffs does don man have the energy as he said coming
01:08in
01:08with the phillies he didn't know if he wanted to be a manager and what does that mean for the
01:11future
01:11because a lot of people saying he's a placeholder he'll still be with the phillies but they'll get a
01:15new manager could that change oh that's a great question i i think it could i think it could
01:23i i think like what would have to happen donny is first of all for him to come back here's
01:29a guess
01:30okay i do know donny pretty well they'd have to make the postseason i think they probably would have
01:35to win the wild card too i think that would have to happen and then i think donny would entertain
01:40coming back for another season but i think if they just made it donny and met their expectations
01:46and didn't win a wild card series i don't know i i could see him going back to bench coach
01:52it would
01:52be impossible for him to turn down a scenario where the guy makes the playoffs and they win a playoff
01:56series to me that that would be the difference but i'm guessing i don't know what he's thinking
02:01but i could tell you later in the season
02:02you
