Baseball Digest LIVE marks the passing of George Steinbrenner with former Yankee PR director Marty Appel, and also celebrates the amazing life of Yankees PA announcer Bob Sheppard.
Milt Thompson was fired on Thursday by the Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel. To me it was somewhat of a surprise, but also not a surprise at the same time.
The Phillies are currently six games back of the Atlanta Braves in the NL East, and they are 3 ½ games back in the wildcard of the San Francisco Giants, and their outlook does not appear to be good.