It’s been three games, giving us all the time we need to measure the skill of a new manager.
In that time, the Phillies were a Peter Bourjos slide away from being swept and used roughly 78 pitchers. They are supposed to play the Mets Monday night at 7:10.
In the interim, we consider what we’ve witnessed. Was that a plan gone awry? A fanatical adherence to numbers? A club adjusting to a new system? A bullpen unprepared for ita new role as a bin of hamburger meat waiting behind the outfield fence?
In any case, it was not fun or good to look at.