#19: The 2012-13 Philadelphia Phillies Grew Old Too Quickly
The 2012-13 Philadelphia Phillies tried extending their late-2000s championship window with veterans like Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Chase Utley, and Ryan Howard. Just a few years earlier, Philadelphia had been baseball’s model contender. Injuries and declining production quickly caught up with the aging core, and the Phillies finished well outside playoff contention.
