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Keeping Scott Kingery in the minors is Phillies' best move | David Murphy

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Nothing gets the crowd’s juices flowing like a righteously indignant polemic that rages against the evils of corporatist oppression, which is why baseball’s annual service time dance is convenient fodder for columnists in search of a bold springtime headline. Thus, it’d be easy to gin up a little outrage by urging the Phillies to open up the season with Scott Kingery on their roster. The plight of a major-league-ready prospect forced to wallow a few extra weeks in the minors always makes for compelling reading, and Kingery’s performance at double A and triple A lasts season renders him a sympathetic protagonist: 26 home runs, an .