Bowa Returns to Phillies - NYTimes.com Larry Bowa, a former Philadelphia Phillies manager and shortstop, will return to the team as a bench coach under Manager Ryne Sandberg. The two men were traded to the Chicago Cubs from the Phillies in 1981 for shortstop Ivan DeJesus in what is often called the most lopsided trade in team history. Sandberg, a throw-in, went on to become a Hall of Fame second baseman.