Over 128 minutes Sunday, the most perfect encapsulation of the Philadelphia baseball experience unfolded. The beginning saw Nick Castellanos, whose mercurial play makes him the easiest target for frustrated fans, get booed during a playoff game and mutter to himself derisively about it. The end offered a lesson in how quickly disdain can turn into delirium -- and how a series that looked lost can be found when a team suddenly finds itself.
In between that low moment and the high of roping a walk-off single to secure a 7-6 victory over the New York Mets and even their National League Division Series at a game apiece, Castellanos lived the life of a Philadelphia Phillie. Just 43 minutes after a 5:15 p.m. Bronx cheer from fans for laying off a slider after swinging through too many, he took a hanging one from Mets starter Luis Severino and deposited it into the left-field stands to knot the game at 3.
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