It’s easy to be cynical about being a fan sometimes. After all, only one team wins a championship in each league every year. The odds that a team’s season ends in disappointment far outweigh the chance it ends in triumph. Therefore, it’s only human to start to question why you bother to invest so much time into being a fan. You start to wonder why you even became a fan in the first place.
Then sometimes, there’s a story that comes along that reminds you why you fell in love with the game. Tyler Phillips was that story for Phillies fans in 2024.