FanShot

The 2012 Phillies: How Should I Feel?

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Joy: This is the team you remember. From your childhood, from your adolescence, from your adulthood. The shitty lineups, the player frustration, the fan anger. The Phillies of the past five years have been confusing to you, what with all the winning and success. You didn't quite feel comfortable rooting for a team that did so many things well. You saw glimpses of it recently. Trading away their farm system. Yanking around Dom Brown. But with Howard and Utley injured, and when Nix, Wigginton, and Pierre came on board in the offseason, you had a feeling that this could be a team you could really get behind.