And if that were to happen?
"There was a really interesting quote by, I think, an American League executive," said John Middleton, who has emerged as the spokesman of the Phillies' ownership group. "[He] said, 'You look at that franchise, you look at the farm system with the prospects they pulled in at the Trade Deadline, you look at the Spring Training facility, you look at the fan base, you look at the Major League stadium, you look at the money behind the team. No wonder Andy MacPhail came out of retirement. What an opportunity.' And I think I'd take that little blurb, cut it out and just hand it to somebody and say, 'This is why you should be here instead of somewhere else.