Salisbury: Overshadowed by a teammate’s irresponsibility, Mick Abel gives Phillies triumph on a troubling day

Ah, Sunday. What a day of conflicting emotions it was around Citizens Bank Park.
There was the shock, the disappointment and, if “outrage” is the word you want to use, feel free to go for it, of learning that one of the Phillies’ most valuable talents had flunked a PED test, resulting in an 80-game suspension and disqualification from postseason play.
While Jose Alvarado was letting his team and its fan base down, Mick Abel was making everyone feel a whole lot better.
Once a top prospect, then a dimming prospect, and maybe now a top prospect again, Abel made his major-league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 23-year-old right-hander might have found himself overshadowed a bit – as if...