It's been a long long road to the World Series for Phillies fans. Has any fanbase endured more than Philadelphians over the last decade plus as their baseball team went seemingly overnight from a trainwreck to two games from World Series champion?
The Phillies went for a high school outfielder Sunday night with the 17th overall pick in the MLB Draft, hoping that Justin Crawford could buck the trend of their recent first round outfielders all winding up disappointing.
If you're a big enough Phillies fan to be reading about the upcoming MLB Draft kicking off next Monday as All-Star festivities begin in Los Angeles you no doubt already know that drafting well has been the Achilles heel of a baseball franchise that has not competed since, well, Ryan Howard tore his Achilles heel in 2011.