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Phillies keep Don Mattingly through 2028

The Phillies agreed Wednesday to a two-year deal removing Mattingly's interim tag, and Yahoo Sports says Dave Dombrowski must now fix the roster; thanks come with homework.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYahoo Sports says the Phillies have kept Don Mattingly through twenty twenty-eight, but the same piece wants three radical changes to come with it.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo is it ever okay to say thank you with a to-do list?

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNo, it's a countdown with a bow on it.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThey give a man two years, and then the list arrives, and the list is always longer than the contract.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAs a woman who has been handed a sash and a bouquet, I say a bouquet is a bouquet.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe saved a lost season and they said stay, and that is lovely.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI think the word interim was doing all the work. It sounded like a tea blend, and now it's gone.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA tea blend?

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentInterim Breakfast. Strong, temporary, and nobody expects it to last past lunch.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd now the tea has a two-year lease. That's a happy ending, and the Phillies are betting on it.

  11. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI don't hate it. If it's a tea blend with a contract, I'm in, and I'd like a cup. I'll switch sides over that.

  12. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDale changed sides for tea.

  13. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChat, vote yes or no: is a two-year deal a thank-you or a warning? Hands up. I count two yes, one tea.

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