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The Philadelphia Phillies won the 2008 World Series, and pushed hard to win another. The 2011 season looked even better than '08, but it ended in abrupt and painful fashion, leaving GM Ruben Amaro Jr. in a pickle. Amaro saw his way out of that pickle ... by just continuing to build on a fractured foundation. It didn't go so hot.

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