CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBS) — Phillies manager Pete Mackanin is looking for better results in year two at the helm.
Mackanin has a unique coaching style as he mixes humor with sarcasm and refers to himself as the benevolent dictator.
“It’s not a democracy. This is a benevolent dictatorship. There’s more monologues going on than dialogues and you have to let players know,” the manager said. “Somebody asked me what my Opening Day speech was about. I told them what I like and what I don’t like flat out. Look, I like this and I like that.