Maybe the summer won't be a total loss after all.
Take heart, Phillies fans.
You're team is hot.
The Phils - led by newcomer Maikel Franco - won their fifth straight game yesterday, blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-0.
Franco had two hits - a triple and a homer - and actually came inches away from two homers.
Franco tripled to the deepest part of Citizens Bank Park, rattling a ball off the wall near the 409-foot sign in left-center. His next at-bat he reached the seats in left.
It's good to see Franco put up some numbers after being recalled from his very hot start at Triple A at Lehigh Valley. He hasn't cooled off any on the trip down the Northeast Extension. That's a good sign, because in previous end-of-season callups, as well as in spring training, Franco has struggled against big league pitching.
In the meantime, is this five-game stretch a mirage or the seeds of good things to come.
Unfortunately, the Phils have dug themselves a huge hole.
Winning five straight games still only lifts their miserable slate to 16-23. They're still six and a half games back of the Mets in the NL East.
But there are good signs surrounding Ryne Sandberg's team. Columnist Jack McCaffery lists some of them.
In the meantime, the popular opinion here was that the Phillies might be out of it before Memorial Day.
As the Phillies head to Colorado to start a road trip tonight, and with Memorial Day weekend lurking at the end of the week, it's pretty clear that won't be the case.
It's not much. But for now it will do.
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