PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — For an eighth straight season, it will be another October with no postseason baseball for “entitled” Philadelphia Phillies fans at Citizens Bank Park. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars in “stupid money” to reshape the roster, the Phillies wasted one of Bryce Harper’s prime years – and they can’t let that happen again.
In a bit of irony, the Washington Nationals, Harper’s old team, officially knocked the Phillies out of the playoffs this week while they clinched a Wild Card spot themselves.
Injuries to key players and the bullpen put the Phillies in roster flux for much of the season, but that shouldn’t be used as an excuse for underperforming.