Former Boston Red Sox general manager Dave Dombrowski (Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports)
These quotes should have Phillies fans feeling optimistic about the future.
The Philadelphia Phillies recently hired their first-ever president of baseball operations — two-time World Series champion Dave Dombrowski. These five quotes from his introductory press conference on Friday should leave fans feeling optimistic about the organization’s future.
5. Dave Dombrowski already has a good rapport with John Middleton.
The first question Dombrowski was asked related to the sales pitch Phillies Managing Partner John Middleton and team president Andy MacPhail had to make to woo him away from his Nashville project and to Philadelphia.