Elated Phillies Fans React to the Return of Charlie Manuel to the Phillies Bench

It's safe to say Charlie Manuel is beloved by the city of Philadelphia. Whether he's a good hitting coach or not remains to be seen.

The Phillies announced on Tuesday that Manuel will replace John Mallee as the team's hitting coach. Mallee was relieved of his duties. Manuel had been serving as a senior advisor to the GM of the Phillies. In addition to managing the Phils to their most recent world championship in 2008, Manuel served as hitting coach of the Cleveland Indians from 1988-89 and 1994-99.

That's a while ago. None the less, Phillies fans are stoked about Uncle Cholly's return. Exclamation points were popular.

LETS GO UNCLE CHUCK https://t.co/coArhQUy5g— Eric Krew Von Bro Dude (@EJF_215) August 13, 2019

fwd:he is back pic.twitter.com/AggRiGvttc— joe м (@dr_pizza_MD) August 13, 2019

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Literally can't stop smiling https://t.co/3WKblvwxnK— Jeff Neiburg (@Jeff_Neiburg) August 13, 2019

‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ https://t.co/1rpeDd5VZ2— Greg Otto (@gregotto) August 13, 2019

👏👏👏 https://t.co/LED7t5EBdA— d a v e (@PhilliesFever) August 13, 2019

pic.twitter.com/rKwzZH45si— Travis Hughes (@_travishughes) August 13, 2019

!!! https://t.co/6g8TX15RuD— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) August 13, 2019

Think about this.

The most successful manager in Phillies history is now its hitting coach. Crazy.— John Stolnis (@JohnStolnis) August 13, 2019

The Phillies went from "Our data shows you aren't getting enough backspin on the ball and need to begin your swing a tenth of a second earlier with a degree higher swing" to "your power comes from your ass".— Sixto Lezcano (@mleif) August 13, 2019

counterpoint: UNCLE CHOLLY, BABY!! https://t.co/IBC4t6OGOq— Mike Meech (@meechone) August 13, 2019

The Big Piece is on board:

Awesome to see @CMBaseball41 back in a @Phillies uniform. The man knows hitting. https://t.co/kWrVGDbgjw— Ryan Howard (@ryanhoward) August 13, 2019

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