Phillies flattened by Ryan Flaherty | Extra Innings

Ryan Flaherty has lived out Dez Bryant’s dream, and the Phillies have paid for it. Bryant, of course, was recently released by the Dallas Cowboys and expressed his desire to go to an NFC East team so he could haunt and taunt his former team. Flaherty, on the other hand, was quietly released by the Phillies after an outstanding spring training with the team and, without vowing anything, signed with the Atlanta Braves.

He has, however, spent the first few weeks of the season haunting and taunting the Phillies. He did it again Wednesday night with a three-run home run off Vince Velasquez that triggered Atlanta’s 7-3 win at SunTrust Park. Flaherty, a career .215 hitter during his six seasons as…