 And he made his way up to the ranks in the minor leagues, to the Yankees as a coach, came to the Phillies before Joe Girardi, and eventually became the Phillies manager. So my father was the guy who talked Rob Thompson into becoming a manager-slash-coach rather than a player. And he has some good Philadelphia stories, traded Tug McGraw to the Phillies way back when, and Tug helped the Phillies grow.