The end of a baseball season is a tough time for managers. This year, the Giants fired Bob Melvin, the Twins let Rocco Baldelli go, and the Rangers and Bruce Bochy parted ways. Now, while the Yankees’ Aaron Boone and the Mets’ Carlos Mendoza are feeling the heat, you never expect to hear the name of Rob Thomson in that group. Yet here we are…

After winning their second straight NL East title with 96 wins, the Phillies lost the first two games of the NLDS at home against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Now, if they fail to come clean in the next game, the team will enter the offseason with huge questions looming over its future. And speaking on Foul Territory, baseball insider Ken Rosenthal warned that if the Phillies crashed out of the playoffs, a big change could happen.

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