Whether it’s Mini Coopers racing through Italian streets with a bevy of ill-gotten gold or Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues barreling through a mall (and away from the Illinois State Police) in their Bluesmobile, everyone loves a good chase scene. Everyone, that is, except for the Phillies. Unlike the Blues Brothers, the Phillies were not on a mission from God. Instead, they were on a mission from hitting coach Kevin Long: to stop chasing so much. Like the Blues Brothers, however, their mission ended up with a jail sentence, in their case to be served in the prison of the offseason.
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