.... time for the Phillies to start playing like the morning-line favorites to win the world championship, which they were heading into the season.

And they just might.

Everything is in place for that. Chase Utley is starting to stir. Ryan Howard doesn't look twisted against left-handed pitching. Domonic Brown has shown a little something.

This is the time. If it is going to happen for the Phillies, it is now.

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