Matt Gelb writes about the handbook Ruben Amaro distributed to his staff recently:
While two teams that did not win 90 regular-season games in 2014 played to the conclusion of the World Series, the Phillies huddled at their facility in Clearwater, Fla. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. unveiled The Phillies Way, a handbook distributed to all baseball personnel – coaches, scouts, athletic trainers included – during the team’s organizational meetings this week.
The Phillies are not the first team to draft such a manual. Amaro planned it, well before the franchise shifted to a rebuilding phase, and decided this was the ideal time to affirm the team’s direction.
While the full handbook was unavailable to us, we were able to get our mitts on the book’s table of contents, which tells us quite a bit about The Phillies Way. Head over the jump for an EXCLUSIVE look inside the super secret handbook.
I struggle writing this due to the privacy of a man of integrity and the definition of a baseball player. In the video room in the stadium you will find a row of heart and hustle trophies with Chase’s name. Not because somebody chose to display them but rather a junk drawer of sorts for a man who although appreciates the honor and plays the game for all the right reasons!
Absolutely nothing.
The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Aerosmith, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, and U2. Though they may have encountered their share of problems, they stuck together until they were old and grey, and in some cases, dead. There’s something admirable about that.
How to blow a $125 million.
Buyers or sellers? It’s best to keep them guessing… and then do nothing.
Just offer more than anyone else. A lot more.
Two words: Player. Option.
That college kid totally should’ve known better. Next time don’t enter the draft, dick.
[Due to a printing error in this edition, the pages in this chapter are blank. Check back in a few years.]
To a fault.
Oft-overlooked and slandered by nerds, we believe it still has a place in the game today.
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Everything gets better with age, even high-mileage relievers!
Special guest author: Ryan Howard.
Do it on an off-day, and then announce it on a Friday afternoon. We always like to avoid confrontation whenever possible.
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Players with split personalities: ultra competitors or clubhouse cancers? Exploring both sides of the issues.
We sit down with Ryne Sandberg to discuss how he handles the wide-ranging personalities in the clubhouse.
We sit down with Jimmy Rollins to find out why he’s not talking to his manager. “Obviously he’s upset about something,” Rollins tells us.
He’s totally fine! Seriously, there’s nothing wrong with his degenerative knee condition.
If you keep doing the same thing, you can eventually expect a different result.
Sources tell me team President David Montgomery’s cancer was a convenient excuse for him to be pushed out of the organization by billionaire John Middleton! Tune in to FOX 29 at 5:30 for the l8ist!