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Phillies bat boy is also to blame for poor season, explains Jonathan Papelbon

The Phillies front office has long been under fire for both the decisions they have made and the lack of action taken in pushing through transactions for certain players. Fortunately, Ruben Amaro, the man responsible for every negative aspect of Phillies baseball for the last three years - the team's last place record, the Dollar Dog nights inexplicably ending in June, that time I made accidental eye contact with Jeff Francoeur and felt like he instantly knew I was that guy from online who said really bad things about him for no reason in my early twenties - was let go, signaling that the team is officially moving in a new direction.