PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — John Middleton has found his man. The Phillies hired former Yankees skipper Joe Girardi as their next manager, reports say.
MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki reports the Phillies have hired Girardi and an official announcement could come sometime Thursday.
BREAKING: A source says the #Phillies have hired Joe Girardi as manager. An announcement could come today.
— Todd Zolecki (@ToddZolecki) October 24, 2019
Girardi spent 10 seasons as the Yankees’ manager, but Middleton and the Phillies are all too familiar with the 55-year-old. It was Girardi who managed the Yankees to their 2009 World Series over the Phils that led to Middleton’s famous declaration about getting”my bleeping trophy back.