Before we bend knee at the shrine of John Middleton, let’s reflect on why we’re here.
Middleton and his co-owners exceeded the luxury tax by about $10 million to compile the most fearsome Phillies lineup since they won the World Series. They added Kyle Schwarber, then Nick Castellanos, to push a team whose results have been consistently mediocre into the realm of wild-card relevance. Huzzah.
The only question: What took them so long?
