The irony of the resounding boos at Citizens Bank Park that rained down on Gabe Kapler as he went to the mound to make a pitching change Thursday afternoon was this: The Phillies rookie manager was about to make his brightest move of the season.
As soon as Nick Pivetta retired Starlin Castro for the second out of the inning, Kapler popped up from the top step of the home dugout and headed to the mound. Before the manager got there, he was bombarded by taunts from a crowd that wanted to see Pivetta at least finish the inning.