Posts Tagged ‘Flashback!’
I’d assume a large majority of Philadelphia sports fans don’t remember much about the day Charlie Manuel was hired to manage the Fightin’ Phils.
Afterall, when he was officially given the coaching nod in November of ‘04, the Phillies were coming off a year in which they finished a disappointing ten games behind the Braves and fired Larry Bowa with two games remaining in the season. Couple that with the fact that Donovan, T.O. & Westbrook were 7-0 at the time, us fans had our sights set on the Super Bowl. If the new Phillies manager wasn’t a World Series winning, chain-smoking skip whose name rhymes with Kim Peehand, that move wasn’t even being printed in one of those little boxes on the back page of the Daily News.
In fact, there were several other candidates — including: Grady Little (hired and fired by the Dodgers since), Don Baylor (hasn’t managed), Buddy Bell (hired and fired by the Royals since), Terry Pendleton (hasn’t managed), and John Russell (currently managing the Pirates). But Ed Wade stuck to his “gut” and picked Cholly. We dismissed it as a low-budget move from a horribly run franchise who have no interest in winning; just making money in their beautiful new stadium.
Not me though, I always knew we’d win a World Series with Charlie.
After the jump, a prophetic quote from Charlie’s first day on the job and video of his press conference.
Philadelphia luminary D-Mac of the fantastic Philadelphia Will Do sent along a hilarious video this morning of South Philly Sal getting ready to gun down a young Josh Willingham at 2nd. D-Mac explains:
Way back on May 2, 2006, the Phillies played the Marlins; everyone’s favorite little catcher that could, Sal Fasano, went 0-4 with 2 Ks, dropping his average to .182. (The Phillies rallied to win, incidentally.) But that wasn’t the worst part of Fasano’s night. With Wes Helms (ha!) at the plate, Josh Willingham attempted to steal second.
Thank you, D-Mac. The only thing better than this would’ve been if you sent me the original footage of the Sarge Matthews Chicken Dance.
Sal’s Pals Are Surely Misguided | Philadelphia Will Do (May 3, 2006)
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