One of the effects of the Eagles' loss this week was to refocus my attention on the Phillies. They're doing exactly what I thought a team needed to do to win the wild card, which is get hot. They've won five of six and seven of ten. They need to keep up this pace - I think seven more wins gets the wild card, but more would be better. Interestingly, they've gotten hot with their best hitter of late, one Ryan Howard, having gone cold. Chase Utley appears to be heating up, and what's keying everything is the top of the order, which has been quite good of late. The starting pitching has been superb, the bullpen leaves something to be desired. It's been an odd route to get here, but I think this team will end up finishing, in terms of wins, anyway, about where people expected it to.