They were the team to beat, Jimmy Rollins said, then they were beaten. Ten years ago, the Phillies trailed the New York Mets by seven games with 17 to play. They lost, 12-0, to Colorado on Sept. 12, 2007. They sent J.D. Durbin to the mound on the next night for Game 146. He lasted one inning. And the Phillies won. They won 11 of their next 15, including three straight at Shea Stadium, and entered the final day of the season, Sept. 30, with an 88-73 record. A dead tie with the Mets. When the Phillies came to Citizens Bank Park to play Washington on a Sunday afternoon in September, no one knew it was the beginning of an era.
7 back, 17 to play: The day the Phillies started a championship era
