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Mackanin taking first base day by day
- Updated: May 30, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Is Pete Mackanin facing one of his toughest managerial challenges to date?
“Hell yes,” the 64-year-old baseball lifer said, as he let out a hearty laugh prior to Monday’s game against the Nationals.
Mackanin, in his first season at the helm of the Phillies, has been tasked with transitioning the past into the future. Many changes are already taking shape. A good manager handles the situation without the product on the field taking a hit. A great manager does so while keeping the clubhouse in order. It is Mackanin’s prerogative — or at least his belief — to let the lineup do the talking.
When Tommy Joseph was penciled in at first base, batting fourth against Cubs right-hander John Lackey on Sunday, neither the 24-year-old Joseph nor the 36-year-old Ryan Howard were notified in person of the change.
“I haven’t been called into the office and talked to about it, so you guys apparently have breaking news before I do,” Howard told the media after Sunday’s …
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