NL East: Beware the ides of April

Philadelphia Phillies

Julius Caesar was warned of the ides of March, but baseball managers are usually safe even past the ides of April. Not so in Philadelphia, where the firing of now ex-manager Rob Thomson was surprising, not so much in light of the team’s results—at 9-19, they were tied with the Mets for worst in MLB—but for how early in the season it came. We’re talking a full week before the appearance of player bobblehead marketing tie-ins depicting them as Star Wars heroes or the wave of over-the-top, Tex-Mex-themed food stunts honoring that most American of Mexican holidays, Cinco de Mayo, featuring unhinged selections such as the 26-inch “Broomstick Burrito” and the ominously named “Machete,” a two-foot carne...

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