It’s worth remembering that the ’08 team didn’t become the ’08 team until after ’08. Before then, they were a group of guys who were 3.5 games out of first place with 16 left to play, an odd assortment of spare-part veterans and homegrown talent who did not clinch a playoff berth until the second-to-last day of the season. It’s worth remembering this because a lot of the talk you heard emanating from the Phillies clubhouse this weekend might sound a bit fantastical within the context of the modern day mythology that now surrounds the organization’s last World Series champion.
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