The old ball coach had Dom Brown laughing up a storm in the final inning of the Philadelphia Phillies loss to the Minnessotta Twins on Wednesday afternoon down in Clearwater. Now if only Dom could bring a smile to Charlie Manuel's face on a more consistent basis.
Your best guesses as to what Charlie was telling young Dom in the comments. Bonus points for totally unbelievable fiction.
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If you're looking for more on Dom Brown's spring performance, David Murphy has a nice look today at how Brown is doing about as well as can be expected. Jim Salisbury also takes a look at the highs and lows Brown has gone through this spring. He clearly needs plenty of work in the field, and triple-A is where he'll get it. Don't count him out as a serious MLB player one of these days. Just not in the near future it seems.
Here's Manuel on Dom's D:
“He has to get better,” Manuel said. “I don’t even like talking about
his defense because I’m sure he thinks about it enough. He knows he has
to improve. If he makes mistakes, he makes mistakes. We just have to let
him play.”