Former Major League third baseman Trevor Plouffe spent the bulk of his nine-year career with the Minnesota Twins, but did play in seven games for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2018.
It was a relatively forgettable stint, but Plouffe did hit a walk-off home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 24, when Dave Roberts had essentially conceded the game by putting in Kiké Hernandez to pitch in the 16th inning:
Given that the only other markets he played for were Minnesota, Oakland and Tampa Bay, it’s not a stretch to think that Plouffe may have concluded during a very brief tenure that Philadelphia had a different type of intensity than he had experienced before.