MILWAUKEE — Sift through the rubble that is this season, and find these moments, the ones that matter for the rebuilding Phillies. Nick Williams. Bases loaded. No outs.
The rookie jumped a first-pitch curveball in Sunday’s 5-2 Phillies win. He dropped his black bat near home plate and watched. The ball flew to the deepest part of Miller Park where the blue wall in left-center field bulges. It cleared the yellow line, 411 feet from home. He did it.
The kids may not win many games in the season’s final 10 weeks. They will show flashes of progress and commit maddening mistakes.