If you hadn’t heard, Gabe Kapler’s tenure in Philadelphia is off to a rough start.
In his first three games with the Phillies, the eccentric new manager has caused fans to lose confidence less than a week into the season, thanks to some head-scratching decisions.
“The first thing you need to hope is that it isn’t too late,” my colleague David Murphy wrote Sunday afternoon. “It feels weird to write a sentence like that three games into a manager’s career, but, then, it was a weird weekend.” Bob Brookover, my colleague who co-authors our new Phillies newsletter, Extra Innings, called Kapler’s first weekend a “bumbling start” and warned that the rookie head coach could be booed Thursday at the team’s home opener at Citizens Bank Park if the “soap opera” continues.