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So on Monday night, Rob Thompson, the manager of the Phillies, pulled Nick Castiano out of the game in the eighth inning for a defensive

replacement and put a guy out there who is known for his defense and you see this all the

time in baseball.

Well, Nick Castiano didn't like that at all and he apparently expressed his frustration

to the manager.

And the manager, Rob Thompson, said,

I don't like what you said.

I'm benching you for inappropriate comments.

Now, this to me in 2025 in pro sports is basically unheard of. When was the last time, and this is, I give credit

to Thompson for this, by the way, when was the last time you see the manager actually step up and

bench a star in a situation like this to assert his leadership in a clubhouse? Very rarely

happens because the managers are so afraid to piss off

the stars and to lose a clubhouse or have some sort of revolt or mutiny against them and rob

thompson said screw it i am going right for this you cross the line there's a level of respect

that we expect from our players, especially our best players,

and your ass is being benched. You ever think Aaron Boone would do that?

Well, you know, maybe the players on the Yankees have more respect for Aaron Boone that they wouldn't put them in that kind of position.

Yeah, good point. And, you know, so I'm assuming that the F word was used or some other sort of insult towards the manager.

And the manager, here's the one thing the manager should have, the head coach should have, over everybody that he is coaching or she is coaching for this matter.

And that is the respect of their title. Unless, of course, you know,

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