I happened to notice an AP photo of Charlie Manuel with his hands down his pants back on March 4th when the Phillies played the Yankees at Bright House Field, but because I posted similar photos a day earlier, I didn’t want to over do it and have readers think that all I do is scour the ‘net for photos of Charlie Manuel with his hands down his pants (which is pretty much all I do). Then yesterday, when a reader sent me the link again, I noticed an even funnier, corresponding picture that was taken shortly after Manuel was caught digging in his pants. So now I have no choice, I have to post it.

Here is the pre-game workout shot:

And this one was taken prior to the lineups being introduced:

AHAHAHHAHAHHAA JOE GIRARDI JUST GOT A PALMFUL OF CHARLIE MANUEL’S BALL SWEAT

You suck, Yankees!

The Phillies beat the Florida St. Seminoles in some pre-pre-season action tonight 13-6, but more importantly, Charlie Manuel was captured on film in the dugout with his hands down his pants. While blowing a bubble.

(photo via David Swanson/Philly.com)

UPDATED: Our manager was caught with his hands down his pants not once, but TWICE!

(photo via Miles Kennedy/Phillies.com)

I know this is the second Chase Utley/flashback-themed post in a row, and yes, I pulled both off them off the same “The Chase Rolls On” show that featured Utley’s first MLB hit, but believe me — it’s worth it.

This quote from Phillies skip Charlie Manuel was actually featured on this here website back in September of ‘08 when Chase Utley barreled over Jesus Flores of the Nats trying to score from 3rd on a throw over to first and consequently knocked Flores out of the game, but I never had video footage of it. [On aside: I highly recommend going back and reading the whole post. It's easily one of the funniest comment threads of all-time. Some Nats blogger named Steven accused me (us?) of cheering the injury (which I didn't) and then started rambling on about how Cole Hamels was gonna get injured because he had so many IP and how Brad Lidge would never keep his save streak going, blah blah. It's even funnier in retrospect because Hamels went on to win World Series MVP and Brad Lidge went 48-for-48. HAHA YOU SUCK STEVEN. Just read it.]

Anyway, after the game, Charlie Manuel was asked his thoughts on Chase’s aggressive play.

His response:

“That’s not old school, that’s good school. That’s the way you play the game unless you want to put some rouge and makeup and lipstick on.”

That’s great, right? Well, what if I told you the video of it was 100000X better?

Watch (In HD, if that’s your thing):

Look how angry that question made him! He had an underbite he was so mad! Awesome.

Seriously, when he goes into his imitation of a nancy-boy, like, “Ewwww I gotta run over this guy” I fell in love with Charlie all over again.

I don’t wanna be too hard on CSN Philly because, frankly, I get a good percentage of my material from their station and don’t give them nearly enough credit. BUT (you knew there was a but), what they did today during Charlie Manuel’s segment was extremely disrespectful and bordering on sacrilege. As Michael Barkann was interviewing the Phillies skip, a graphic popped up on the screen to identify who was speaking, and…

THEY SPELLED CHARLIE’S NAME WRONG! GASP!

Have a look-see:

Charlie Mauel? I’ll tell you one thing — that graphic operator better thank his lucky stars that this is still Spring Training, because a mistake like that during the regular season could potentially cost his team a shot at the pennant. Or even worse — GET YOU CUT.

After the jump, watch the end of the Barkann/Mauel one-on-one where Charlie can’t possibly get out of dodge quick enough and leaves Mikey B hanging.

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No matter what happens for the rest of Spring Training, I think it’s safe to say that nothing will have the impact of the Epic Jayson Werth Beard that we saw today. It started off with as a fairly innocent tweet from Todd Zolecki about Jayson’s new facial hair growth, then everyone demanded photographic evidence of said growth, then Zolecki obliged, then the internet blew up. The funny thing is, I’ll bet you Jayson Werth himself thinks we’re a bunch of fairy boys for making such a spectacle of his Beard, and will most likely shave it off tonight out of spite.

Whether he keeps it or not, I really just wanted to take this opportunity to highlight Charlie Manuel’s quote on Jayson Werth’s Beard. The man has such a poetic way of stating the obvious:

“He looks like a guy that didn’t do a whole lot this winter, kinda isolated himself somewhere… and he didn’t have a razor and a barber around.”

-Charlie Manuel on Jayson Werth’s Beard

Watch the full CSN Philly report on Jayson Werth’s Beard, including the Charlie quote, after the jump.

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Roy’s tossing the pill as Charlie looks on with his hands down his pants. What is this, mid-July?

…meanwhile, back here in Philly, some of this year’s promotions were on display for those brave souls who waited in line for the single game tickets that officially went on sale today. The highlight, of course:

The resemblance is uncanny.

May 18th, baby! Just got my tickets!

UPDATE: Courtesy of CSN’s SportsNite, MORE CHARLIE WITH HIS HANDS DOWN HIS PANTS!

I knew he would do one.

Newly-trim Phillies manager Charlie Manuel stopped by the NBC 10 studios in Bala Cynwyd earlier this morning to chat it up with the gang over at the 10! Show (exclamation point theirs, not mine).  Co-hosts Bill Henley and Lori Wilson spoke with Uncle Cholly about the success of his NutriSystem® dieting, some Phillies offseason moves, and the embarrassment of looking at his gut hanging over his belt in all those 2008 post-World Series pictures.  (Sadly, not a word about muff-shaving)

If you venture past this jump, you’ll see I’ve gone ahead and uploaded the entire 8+ minute segment to YouTube in GLORIOUS High-definition.  Because if you read this site, I highly doubt you ever tune into the 10! Show. I’d like to think youse are more of a The View kinda crowd, amirite?

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I felt an updated post on the weight loss status of Charlie Manuel was in order for a couple reasons.

Reason number one was because I got this nifty little before & after screen grab from SportsNite on CSNPhilly this evening, and b.) I incorrectly reported Charlie’s “after” weight as 215 lbs. yesterday.  Apparently, I used the wrong starting weight from his diet — which was said to be 274 lbs. back in May — but it turns out he actually weighed 286.  I got this new information courtesy of NBC Philadelphia where Dan Stamm had a 5-part series last week chronicling the offseason of the Phillies skip.

From part three:

Charlie tipped the scales at 286 pounds last winter before going on a Nutrisystem diet and exercise routine.

And part four:

Manuel will arrive at Clearwater for Spring Training weighing in just around 230 pounds — an amazing 56 pounds lighter than he weighed less than a year ago.

So there.  I stand corrected and you got a bonus picture out of the deal.

If you would like to read NBC Philadelphia’s 5-part series, follow these links…

Part 1 | Diet Puts Charlie Back in the “Swing” of Things
Part 2 | For Charlie’s Off-Season, It’s Game On at the Gym
Part 3 | The “Skinny” on Charlie’s Diet Challenges
Part 4 | Losing Makes Charlie an Even Bigger Celeb
Part 5 | The Skinny Skipper’s 2010 World Series Prediction

Ladies and gents, have a look at the brand new, svelte manager of the Fightin’ Phils — Charlie Manuel!

With the help of the NUTRISYSTEM® diet plan and some light exercising, Cholly has gone from an unhealthy 274 lbs. to a manageable 215 lbs. and has also dropped from a size 60 jersey down to a 52!

Way to go, Charlie, I knew you could do it!

(pic via NBCPhiladelphia)

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