David Sampson

And the irony is we were not supposed to be underdogs against the Giants or the Cubs or the Yankees, but we were gambling underdogs.

But in terms of who the better team was, it was always our team.

And when you look at what Philly's done,

Is Don Mattingly so different than Rob Thompson?

I will tell you that Jack McKean was different than Jeff Torborg.

There's no question about it.

But I'll also tell you that we had good players and those good players were put in a position to be good, which many teams do, but then we actually won games.

So it's so much more random than people think in terms of we now have a narrative.

We pin this to Donnie and I love Don Mattingly.

It's just outstanding that he's the manager of that team.

But are you telling me that up and down that Philadelphia lineup that all of a sudden he did something to switch something?

Don Mattingly wanted Rob Thompson to succeed.

If Don Mattingly saw something, he was on the staff.

But the timing that we talked about on this show, when you fire a guy going into a soft part of the schedule, that's the hope that you can play well, which they did.

And then that can all of a sudden give you confidence, carry you forward.

And we're seeing it.

Last thing on this, Jeremy, it's still early.

We're still in May.

In order for the Phillies to complete this quote-unquote turnaround, they have to sustain it for June, July, August, September, and that's two-thirds of the year.

Do I think they can?