A lot can happen in 11 years. Two teammates can become the most prolific battery in baseball history. Another can leave for a disappointing decade in Los Angeles, then return home with a valedictory flourish. A minor leaguer can turn into a reliable shortstop, then into a reliable second baseman who has played more regular season games than any active major leaguer without tasting the postseason. Then again, nothing has to happen in 11 years. And for the Philadelphia Phillies, nothing did, not in the playoffs at least.
Between Oct. 7, 2011 and Friday — 11 years exactly — the Phillies played no playoff games.