
Is it Déjà vu in the City of Brotherly Love?
Four years ago, with questions swirling around a listless and lifeless club, Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski pulled the plug, firing then-manager Joe Girardi after a 22–29 start. The Phillies proceeded to play a freer brand of baseball and won eight of their first nine games under interim manager Rob Thomson to launch a 14–2 stretch, then rode the momentum all the way to the World Series.