Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly makes fun father-son MLB history after Rob Thomson was fired

Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly makes fun father-son MLB history after Rob Thomson was fired originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Philadelphia Phillies made a massive decision on Tuesday morning, firing manager Rob Thomson after the team's 9-19 start to the season had the Phillies last in the standings.

Taking his place as the team's interim manager is Don Mattingly, the former Toronto Blue Jays coach, longtime New York Yankees player, and Miami Marlins manager. There's a bit more history behind this decision from the Phillies. As USA Today's Bob Nightengale highlighted, the Phillies decision to make Mattingly the manager has created the first-ever instance of a father-and-son duo as a team's general manager and manager duo in MLB history.

Phillies make history with Mattingly-family leadership "So, just like that, we have the first father/son GM/manager in MLB history with Preston Mattingly as the Phillies GM and his dad, Don Mattingly, as manager," Nightengale notes. While the Phillies getting to this point is not ideal, the history behind their new interim manager and current general manager is some fun history to be made. While LeBron James and Bronny James are playing on the same court together in the NBA, Preston and Don Mattingly are linking up in the Phillies organization as two of the leaders of the franchise this season.

More : Marlins suggested to sign Max Kepler after Phillies ’ OF was suspended for 80 games The decision to fire Thomson is not a major surprise with how bad things were going for the Phillies, and turning to Mattingly, who has plenty of experience in Major League Baseball, isn't a major surprise either. This is not where the Phillies wanted to be at all through the first 28 games of the season. But, at least from a narrative sense, this piece of MLB history is something fun to think about.