For Phillies, It's Been Werth the Wait

by Andrew JohnsonFiled under: Phillies, MLB Playoffs, National League Division SeriesIt's hard not to notice Jayson Werth, looking back at the last four years -- division championships in each season for the Philadelphia Phillies, NL pennants in the last two, a World Series title in 2008. And not just because of his Grizzly Adams sense of style. His name pops up at almost an exponential rate through the last four seasons, and when it does, winning soon follows for the Phillies. Pressed into duty in August 2007 when Shane Victorino and Michael Bourn went down to injury, Werth hit .329 and drove in 39 runs as the Phillies made up a seven-game deficit in the final 17 games of the regular season and beat out the Mets for the NL East crown. Stuck in a platoon with Geoff Jenkins for the first half of 2008, Werth broke free of it in early July -- as much because of Jenkins' struggles as his own ability -- and the Phillies again came back to pip the Mets for the division title, ...