Former Phillie third-baseman David Bell made his Coca-Cola debut as manager for the Louisville Bats.

Bell spent just over three and a half seasons with the Phillies (2003-2006). While the teams he was on could not break the glass ceiling of second place, they did set the foundation for greater things."It was a great experience because of the people I met and good teammates that were around me," Bell reflected. "It was good to see people I played with win it all. (Philly) is the best place in baseball to win a World Series."The third generation major leaguer followed his father Buddy and his grandfather Gus into the big leagues. That provided a unique childhood for he and his brother."We got an opportunity to be around a major league clubhouse," Bell said of he and his brother Mike. "We realize now how great it was. My grandfather and my father kept me grounded in reality."At 39 years old, he is the youngest Triple-A manager and all his Bats have done is take the Phillies farm club to task. His Bats took on a red hot IronPig team and took the first two games of a four-game series, pummeling a pitching staff that posted four straight shutouts against Indianapolis."We swung the bats the past few days ... and it was good to see us get some hits against a good pitching staff," Bell said.Bell hit .258 with 38 homers in his time with the Phillies. Although he was traded to Milwaukee in the middle of the 2006 season, he learned a lot from current Phillie manager Charlie Manuel."He was a good hitting coach and he's a great coach and a great guy," Bell said. "I think of him a lot when I do this job."13-inningWar of AttritionAndres Blanco's home run in last night's game was bigger than just ending a long, extra-inning game. Manager Ryne Sandberg was physically out of people."It's just a nail-biter down to the end with no one left, no catchers left. We had [starter Pat] Misch for two innings and that's it," Sandberg said. "We had no position players left. They had no one left."With no position players left on the bench for either side, it would have been interesting to see how things would have played out. As the pitchers ran out, neither team could resort to sending a position player to the mound."Heck'uva game when you look at the little things. Some of the defensive plays were unbelievable," Sandberg said. "Just an amazing game on both sides with the pitching and defense."Brown back in townDom Brown is showing a sliver of his former self. After missing the most part of 18 games with a tweaked hamstring, Brown returned and looked better than he has in quite a bit in Monday night's marathon.Brown (2-for-5) singled, doubled and drove in a run. He very well could have had a third hit as he was robbed in the bottom of the seventh on a diving stop by Louisville first baseman Neftali Soto. He also sent a towering foul ball that actually appeared that it may have been out of the park had it been a tad straighter. It was a mark of power that has been seldom seen since his first stint with the IronPigs.What is even more promising is that he had three putouts in the field. This included a diving catch in the fifth inning when the Bats had runners on first and second with just one out.Throwback maniaLast Sunday, the IronPigs held their first special jersey game and auction. Patterned after the jerseys worn in the Tom Hank's movie "A League of Their Own", the throwback auction produced over $8,600 for the Women's 5K Classic, a run to support breast cancer.The auction sold all 27 jerseys totaling over $8,600 for an average of $321 per jersey.Future throwback/special jersey days include Miracle League on June 4, a create-a-jersey auction on June 17,and the Camouflage jersey auction on July 4.The two most anticipated jerseys of the summer will be the July 25 Christmas in July jersey auction that will be patterned like they are wearing a Santa Claus outfit. On Aug. 11, the What Could Have Been? Jersey will display what jerseys the Lehigh Valley Woodchucks would have looked like IF the name had not been the IronPigs.Quote of the week: "I don't worry about being perfect and winning every game, I just work on giving my team a chance to win." - Tyler Cloyd (4-1, 1.97 ERA 0.75 WHIP in five IronPig starts).