HERE IS WHAT I know, from years of experience: Progress is like a freight train. It starts off slow enough that if you miss it at the beginning, you can sprint down the platform and jump onboard. But if you do not start running until you see the caboose, then you probably will end up face-down in the gravel next to the hobos who skipped gym class.
If the smoke signals billowing out of Citizens Bank Park are to be believed, the Phillies still don't even understand that there is a train. According to the reports, the first of them by CSNPhilly.