Larry Bowa’s time in Reading a learning experience

And for this, the MLB Network pays him how much? (reaches for dusty “BOWA GOTTA GOWA” sign)

Still, Bowa said he’s not sure whether he’d like to return to the field as a manager or coach, even though he looked fit and probably 10 years younger than his age.

“I like what I’m doing,” he said. “I don’t like the way a lot of people approach the game now. I don’t want to categorize everybody, but there are a lot of general managers who throw everything into a computer and then try to pick their team. You can look at numbers all day, but you can’t look inside a guy’s heart. To me that speaks volumes. Give me somebody who has a lot of heart.”

One of those guys, according to Bowa, is Phillies second baseman Chase Utley.

“He plays hard every night,” Bowa said. “Working with the MLB Network, you get to watch a lot of games. When you see guys who play hard every night, every single pitch, they stand out. It used to be that’s how you were supposed to play the game.”