‘We have faced, and weathered, the storm’: Red-hot Phillies eye playoffs after ugly start, Joe Girardi’s firing
WASHINGTON – Kyle Gibson hasn’t been around for every last maddening tease provided by the Philadelphia Phillies the past five years, a period marked by glitzy acquisitions, managerial turmoil and a magnetic force that seems to pull star-studded squads back toward .500 every autumn.
Yet the veteran right-hander is jumping into his second pennant chase with the club after his July 2021 acquisition, and has seen enough to diagnose what he believes has ailed them – and portends better days ahead.