You have to beat the bad to be great. Phillies did just that on recent road trip

There is an adage in baseball that states every team is going to win and lose 60 games in a season. It’s what teams do in the other 42 games that determines a season.
If playing games against sub-par teams like the Colorado Rockies and A’s are part of those other 42 games, the Phillies are certainly on the right track. The recently completed seven-game road trip produced a 6-1 record, contributed to the best winning percentage in all of baseball (.642 at 34-19) and a streak of 21 wins in the last 27 games.
We talked here before the road trip that Bryce Harper seemed to be turning a corner offensively and he certainly proved as much in Colorado by going 8-for-18 with six RBI in the four-game ...