Here’s why the Phillies kept Rob Thomson, and were right to do so

Why didn’t the Phillies fire Rob Thomson? Well, there were a whole bunch of reasons they weren’t at their best against the Dodgers.

You need to be awfully careful when you are talking about disrupting a team that has won two straight division titles and just got done playing the defending World Series champs close to even. That’s not to say that Phillies fans should be satisfied with the outcome of the last three seasons. But they shouldn’t fool themselves into thinking that any change will be one for the better. Things can easily get worse. You’d rather win 96 games and lose a tightly contested NLDS than miss the playoffs entirely.

Retaining Thomson is the safe play.

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