WilliamC wrote:Everybody rides with three Phillies legends woohoo! So awesome

MoBettle wrote:That's not how it works though. He's being overpaid now

After his playing career ended, Mackanin managed in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela and needed to conduct interviews with local reporters covering his teams.

Shortly after taking over the Phillies for Ryne Sandberg in late June, Mackanin conducted a pregame interview with Angel Castillo, a member of the Phillies' Spanish broadcast team.

"I feel comfortable enough to know that I'm making a lot of mistakes and it probably sounds stupid," he said. "But people like to hear that. They don't expect me to be bilingual. I wish I were."

Galvis smiled when recently asked about his American skipper's Spanish.

"He can understand almost everything," the 25-year-old shortstop said. "But you have to speak it slow. He's good at it."

"More than basic stuff," Andres Blanco said. "He actually makes jokes in Spanish."

"He's real good," Carlos Ruiz said.

Quipped Mackanin: "It's better when I have a few beers."

Bill McNeal wrote:I dunno man, I'm inclined to say keep mackanin. He's done a good job since he took over, the players seem to like him I mean, why mess with something that's working?

Doll Is Mine wrote:http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20150823_Inside_the_Phillies__No_language_barrier_for_Mackanin_in_diverse_clubhouse.html

After his playing career ended, Mackanin managed in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela and needed to conduct interviews with local reporters covering his teams.

Shortly after taking over the Phillies for Ryne Sandberg in late June, Mackanin conducted a pregame interview with Angel Castillo, a member of the Phillies' Spanish broadcast team.

"I feel comfortable enough to know that I'm making a lot of mistakes and it probably sounds stupid," he said. "But people like to hear that. They don't expect me to be bilingual. I wish I were."

Galvis smiled when recently asked about his American skipper's Spanish.

"He can understand almost everything," the 25-year-old shortstop said. "But you have to speak it slow. He's good at it."

"More than basic stuff," Andres Blanco said. "He actually makes jokes in Spanish."

"He's real good," Carlos Ruiz said.

Quipped Mackanin: "It's better when I have a few beers."

Philly the Kid wrote:If you collapse Ryan Howard's first two less than full seasons and his later 2 less than full seasons, in to one season each - he has 10 years of play avg 35hrs, 112rbi, 80runs, 26dbls. Not a bad 10 year avg. Frustration is that there's a dominant 5 1/2 and a mediocre to poor 4 1/2. His OPS and Slugging are respectable still for a career, despite his steep decline.

When it's all said and done, I'm not even sure he'll have been that overpaid? It's just like it all went in reverse order. His last 5 season paychecks are for his first 5 seasons...

I always thought his career would mirror Big Papi's moreso -- not a HOFer, but not a terrible career.

Bill McNeal wrote:I dunno man, I'm inclined to say keep mackanin. He's done a good job since he took over, the players seem to like him I mean, why mess with something that's working?

Doll Is Mine wrote:Would, maybe, wouldn't