PEORIA, Ariz. — Much as he’d like to, Scott Servais can’t escape the TV dad vibes that seem to emanate from him as the manager of the Mariners.

His kids tease him about it. Players chuckle when it’s mentioned. And fans can’t help but see it in his comments and actions.

“It’s even better when he tries to not act like it,” said a player that didn’t want to be named for obvious reasons. “And you want to be like, ‘OK, dad.’”

• Whether it’s Ward Cleaver or Jason Seaver, or perhaps a little Mike Brady or a sprinkling of Phil Dunphy, Servais has learnedft to embrace the perception of the dad manager.

It’s not an act. It’s who he is and he’s learned to embrace it … sort of.

But sometimes the dad, er, manager is forced to deal with the growing pains in the modern family that is a Major League Baseball team.