The

The 2020.

2020.

That's the nothing personal word of the day for Wednesday, April 29th,

2026.

The Philadelphia Phillies fired their manager yesterday, Rob Thompson,

and Philadelphia is trying to go back to 2022.

Because that was the year, the Phillies fired their manager in the middle of the season.

Turns out the manager they fired was someone named Joe Girardi.

Turns out the Phillies were quite disappointing up to the point of termination it was in

June of 2022 when the Phillies were about 22 and 29 only seven games under after 51 games

and who did they bring in rob thompson rob. Rob Thompson leads them in 2022 to an unexpected yet truly satisfying World Series appearance.

Victory for the in-season managerial change screams that came from fans, if you remember back then.

Dave Dombrowski was the same executive.

It would make perfect sense that he'd try to recreate greatness.

You know from watching nothing personal.

I spent 14 years trying to recreate 2003,

fire the manager in May, and then win a World Series

in October. You did it once. What's to say you can't do it again? It's really hard to recreate

greatness. People try in all sorts of ways, shapes, and forms. So it's hard to blame Dombrowski.

As a matter of fact, it's easy to give Dombrowski credit

when you watch within a 24-hour period, basically,

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