The giveaway item Sunday at Citizens Bank Park was a John Kruk batting practice pullover, a nod to the Phillies’ 1993 National League championship team that was honored before the team’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
As the top of the ninth inning approached, however, you wondered if the Curt Schilling cover-your-eyes-here-comes-Mitch towel might have been more useful and apropos. It was not entirely the bullpen’s fault that the Phillies had lost 11 of their previous 15 games as they arrived at work for the final game of their series with the hard-hitting Brewers, but the 5.