Charlie Manuel

  The Phillies scheduled a news conference for 2:30 today to announce that the Phillies will fire manager Charlie Manuel - CBS Sports' Danny Knobler reports that Ryne Sandberg will replace Charlie Manuel as the Phillies' manager. The Philadelphia Phillies have announced a managerial change effective with tonight’s 7:05 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, replacing Charlie Manuel with third base

Could Charlie Manuel's run as Phillies skipper end this afternoon?

Cole Hamels said he "totally forgot" Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was on the verge of his 1,000th win. Hamels said there's been too much losing in Philadelphia this season to focus on individual milestones. Hamels took a shutout into the ninth inning, Cody Asche hit a three-run homer and the Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 Monday night to give Manuel his milestone win... Read Mor

PHILADELPHIA—Two weeks ago to the day, the Phillies performance hit its basement level. Tonight, in a 6-2 win at Citizens Bank Park, it scraped its ceiling. The opponent, the Cleveland Indians, was the same. The difference was everything else...

PHILADELPHIA—It’s getting hard to watch. Roy Halladay, once the toast of big league pitching talent, is teetering on being fit for the rotation. And that assumes he’ll be healthy enough to take the field again. The 35-year-old right-hander was blasted for nine runs in only 2 1/3 innings in the Phillies 14-2 loss to the Miami Marlins at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday...

PHILADELPHIA—Charlie Manuel’s not one to get wrapped up in he-said, she-said. But the Phillies manager apparently isn’t about to let anyone bash his pitching coach. Manuel on Saturday offered his first public comments in response to the harsh criticism levied on Rich Dubee by MLB TV analyst Mitch Williams, who said the Phillies should reconsider Dubee’s employment status after the struggles of the

PHILADELPHIA—Save for a few whispers during pregame hacks, Charlie Manuel didn’t say much about it. “I didn’t really talk about how we played or nothing,” the Phillies manager said of a two-game series in Cleveland best left forgotten...

PHILADELPHIA—He’s shaken up his lineup times over. He’s toyed with different management strategies. He’s given guys days to clear their heads, and left others sort out issues themselves. But Charlie Manuel’s reach has its limits...

PHILADELPHIA—By the time the Phillies had to turn to the bullpen with 2 outs in the sixth inning and runners on second and third Sunday, reliever Chad Durbin had already twice entered a game and deepened a hole. On Opening Day, he opened the sixth and let 3 runs pile atop the Braves total in a 7-5 loss...

CLEARWATER, Fla.—It seems Charlie Manuel isn’t easily impressed by relievers. Or, that after the Phillies bullpen last season blew 17 leads in the seventh inning or later, he’s a quick skeptic.