Can The Philadelphia Phillies Quietly Become a Dynasty?
Has any team in recent memory been such a quiet champion? There isn’t a whole lot of talk outside the City of Brotherly Love about the chances of a repeat. There doesn’t seem to be much media attention for the World Series champions at all. Joe Torre’s book is getting more attention. Manny Ramirez’s search for a team/contract is getting more attention. Alex Rodriguez is getting MUCH more attention. The only people talking about the Phillies seem to be the New York Mets. It’s almost as if there was no champion last season. Now, the Phillies have made no big acquisitions outside of re-signing their own players. They had no major arbitration cases to steal headlines. But they still won it all. Aside from that, there are other reasons to think the Fightin’s may have started something special. The first good sign was that Ryan Howard and Brett Myers have lost a combined 50 pounds since last season. Howard has been in Clearwater working on his fielding since January, and Myers, after years o
