Joey Cora

That's just – it's hard.

Well, it's kind of news today that he might be coming back as the manager because Joey Cora apparently snubbed them again.

He said he doesn't want to be the Phillies manager.

So they could be going back to Donnie baseball, which would be really cool.

And I don't wanna say and talk about it past tense, but it, it, it's been one of the greats, and with Lane walking away, it, it kind of points to it, right? It was just an amazing, amazing run.

And so, you know, we're sitting here now and going, "All right, what's next?" Well, the Phillies, they were all about Joey Cora, as you know, for a long time.

He announced yesterday, Bob Nightengale's been all over this stuff, he said that they are... that he is not going to manage.

He's gonna stay with his family.

So they're gonna lose out on the manager next year, so no Joey Cora for the Phillies.

That is what it is.

All eyes now, you know, again, we're gonna be on the Sixers, and can't wait for that season to start.

Of course, I would take his phone call.

For the sake of throwing it out there, Joey Cora, who has never been a manager, but is a longtime bench coach, and third base coach, and is a former Mariner, but not in the Dipoto era, I would take his phone call also.

If we're gonna do an exhaustive search, I'm showing you I have the ability to cast a wide net here.

I just told you pretty clearly what I don't want.

One fun, one, one more serious.

Chris Negron, Joey Cora, Raul Ibanez, Chris Woodward, they all have degrees of Mariners association in their history.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.... out on the idea of hiring anybody with former Mariners ties? Because some people are like, "No former Mariners at all." Negron was there recently.

Right.

But I also think it's unfair to just be like, "Well, because Dan failed in a lot of respects, anyone that used to play for the Mariners is gonna be the same, is gonna be the same outcome." They're all completely different people.

And if Raul Ibanez goes in there and crushes the interview, um, Joey Cora and on and on, yeah, you're gonna have to overcome a perception because of how all the Dan thing came about and, and just the history of the franchise.

Not to mention, of course, Edgar still being a part.

Like, and I'm telling you right now, if you're up, if you have a lead on the road, 2-0, and that happens with your nine-hole hitter, a double off the bat, if he's going hard out of the gate, anticipating going, getting sent there.

Joey Cora, Jersley, they send you 100% of the time.

A Jim Tomei might not get sent and maybe a Murakami once he came back from that hamstring injury.

But dude, unless I'm missing something and he's still got a nagging leg injury, I watched him in real time.

One Team Media, our thanks go to everybody out there.

Paul Hogan, Joey Cora is our guest right now.

18 episodes.

We haven't gotten fired.

That's it, man.

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Joey Cora, thank you, buddy.

Thank you, man.

So now that I know how you feel, maybe it makes this question a little more muted, but I'm going to ask it anyways because there are a large segment of the fan base, I think, that sees what happens with Dan and just does not want to hire anybody who ever played for the Mariners or has an association with the Mariners.

Like, it doesn't matter whether you are longtime bench coach like Joey Cora.

It doesn't matter whether you are a respected guy like Raul Abanez.

It doesn't matter if you're a young up-and-comer like Chris Negron, who's now with the Pirates but was just with the Mariners before that.