The Phillies’ back-up everything-player is returning to double his way into your heart.
You won’t see a lot of coverage on 32-year-old veteran utility infielders returning in late August from broken fingers. That’s not typically the sexy hook for which producers are looking as baseball concludes its sweatiest, least sexy month.
Right now, it’s all about who is breaking under the pressure of a playoff race as we enter September and who is suddenly forcing themselves back into the picture. The monotonously fourth place Phillies do not land in either of these categories. They barely register as a possible spoiler at this point, having gone 12-11 in August to stay right in that tepid, nine-or-ten-games-under-.