HEY, KIDS, it's your Uncle Dave here with another important life lesson. You've probably heard that you can achieve anything if you just put your mind to it, that what really matters in any endeavor is hard work and focus and determination, that what you get out is what you put in. What you may not have heard is that all of those things are useless without talent.
Consider the Phillies. Deep down inside, there's a part of all of us that understands they are not a good baseball team. They do not have talent, and, as a result, they are 25 games under .