SAN FRANCISCO -- Wednesday is Andy MacPhail's one-year anniversary as the Phillies' president.
He spent his first four days on the job watching the Brewers sweep the Phillies in a four-game series at Citizens Bank Park. Sean O'Sullivan, Aaron Harang and Chad Billingsley started three of those games. Domonic Brown started three in right field.
Postseason baseball seemed like a lifetime away, but MacPhail, speaking to reporters this weekend at AT&T Park, said his time since the sweep has been better than he anticipated.
"I'm actually more encouraged today than I ever would have dreamed I would have been after my first month with the Phillies," MacPhail said.