The Phillies have extended manager Pete Mackanin’s contract through 2018. The extension includes a club option for the 2019 season.
Mackanin took over as Phillies’ interim manager after Ryne Sandberg quit in June 2015. He has remained skipper since then, guiding the Phils through their long rebuild as the team’s play has slowly improved. In 2015 the team finished 63-99; last year they went 71-91; this year the team stands at 13-19.
With the extension, the Phillies seem to be happy with Mackanin being the team’s manager through its first wave of possible contention. He has been known as a player’s manager, a steady and affable clubhouse presence.
Tim MalcolmTim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.
