PHILADELPHIA, PA (CBS) — There were a few little nuggets to glean for Phillies’ fans when the team announced the hiring of Andy MacPhail as the new president of the team on Monday. It was quite interesting who delivered the message: John Middleton, who is part of the Phils’ ownership group with Jim and Pete Buck.
Middleton has seemed to step up and take more of a visual role, as opposed to the past, when the Phillies owners have been in the shadows since Dave Montgomery and his group bought the Phillies from Bill Giles in 1997.