The Phillies hired Ryne Sandberg to manage their AAA farm team. This is a good deal for Ryno and a sad day for the Cubs in most respects. You have to believe there is an understanding here between the former Cub and the Phillies organization. The Phils manager Charlie Manuel is 66 years old, so you have to figure Sandberg is next in line and that there will be very little controversy about it when the time comes for Manuel to retire, which looks to happen next year.
I rather hope for Ryno's sake the Phillies, unlike the Cubs, keep up their end of the implicit bargain. I remarked in an earlier post, when I was evaluating Jim Hendry, that the Cubs and the Phillies have been operating in pretty much the same arena for most of the past decade. They have a similar budget and so on. But the Phillies have made so many more superior decisions and they have met with so much greater success than the Cubs. I hate to say so, but, sentiment aside, Sandberg will be inheriting a much better team in a much more stable organization if things work out for him in the end.
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