Who in the world would have envisioned this?
One full week-plus into October there were still two managers with “interim” tags who awoke on Friday not fearing the guillotine. Rather, the two were as frisky as fillies and as happy as larks. Or should we say more precisely, they were as frisky as, and their fans, as Philadelphia’s own Rob Thomson had to be; not to mention as happy as chirpy Blue Jays, as was Toronto manager John Schneider.
Things seemingly far more unattainable than a contract for a full-time job were already overcome. Thomson, for one, could not have envisioned this weekend, this Kismet. How he got here was a confluence of his great fortune, and the misfortune of a couple guys named Girardi and Counsell. Girardi, a tactician who was not necessarily touchy-feely, seemed more than aware that his touch had eroded and his time had run out after a 22-29 start. Good guy? Yes. Still possessing the ability to drive the Phillies closer to games in October? No.
What was Thomson’s formula? Was his mere presence enough to make rookie batters and once-woebegone relievers feel, well, relieved by the change? Did the team that, in other regimes, needed leather-lunged tough taskmasters like Dallas Green and Jim Fregosi, need a Mr. Chips with an increasingly counted on pitch-perfect tone for the moment?
Dusty. … Boonie. … Mr. Roberts. … Their successes will be measured in not just division series titles and pennants, but World Series rings. Talk about a needed three true outcomes!
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