Phillies' Early Season Success Has Been a Pleasant Surprise
At 18-14, this Phillies team has been fun to watch. Some might even say surprising. Although, for those who were paying attention in Spring Training, this early season success isn’t that surprising. This was a team that, according to some pundits, was supposed to be tanking. Yet the Phils sprinted out to a 10-3 record in the early Spring, and it looked like they didn’t know that they were supposed to lose. Now, just as the early Spring Training success signaled cautious optimism, so too should this early season success. There are still over 100 games to go in the regular season. Nonetheless, watching the pundits react with surprise has been amusing. Sportswriters, quite frankly, are not known for original thought. Pre-season prognostication of gloom and doom appeared to be nothing more than lazy group think. Many of the predictions were based on the dismal 2015 season. Indeed, ESPN in one article noted...