The Phillies have shut down Ryan Howard to keep him fresh for next year. Also, he has a cold.
While Maikel Franco will be appearing in a beam of sunlight piercing through Hurricane Joaquin this weekend, not every Phillie will be lucky enough to finish the year with this... this team.
It's still very easy to remember a time when this infield was filled out with stars and Jeff Francoeur was only on the base paths at CBP because he was staring down at the ground, swallowing nuclear rage as Eric Bruntlett celebrated somehow pulling off an unassisted triple play.