There’s Always a Silver Lining: Dom Brown may have seen his last days in a Phillie’s uniform

It may actually, finally be over. After suffering a head injury in wednesday night’s game, Domonic Brown’s days may be number.

You can’t tell, but after writing that last sentence I am smiling from ear to ear.

Brown suffered the head injury in the team’s 9-4 loss to the Mets. The injury happened when Brown was tracking a Ruben Tajada fly ball and inadvertently wound up diving into the stands, or as Jim Salisbury so eloquently put it, “He humpty-dumptied the wall”.

If anyone is unfamiliar with the play, don’t worry, it will probably not top 10 fodder for the next few weeks.

The news broke today that Brown’s leap into the crowd did result in a concussion, this will be his second in the past three years so league concussion protocol might make this situation a lil’ bit sticky. Since this is Brown’s second concussion he may be forced to sit out the rest of the season and with an outfield that’s looking pretty crowded these days, you have to wonder if theres even any point to keeping Brown around.

Domonic Brown is a major representation of an era that the Phillies are desperately trying to renew. Brown has been with the team dating back to 2009, just before Amaro got all trade happy. Brown was the one player to survive all the trades, he was the guy that was suppose to be better than all the other prospects, he was suppose to usher in a new generation of youth that would slowly replace its world champion predecessor. Reuben Amaro put all of his chips on this dude and he did JACK SHIT.

Brown turned out about as well as most of the players the Phillies did decided to deal at past trade deadlines. To me, Dom Brown really just represents a really bad time for Phillies scouting, they filled up top 100 prospects lists, but almost none of those prospects have panned out, with the exception to Carlos Carrasco and maybe Travis d’Arnuad.

Outside of two months in early 2013, which I will say were pretty freakin sweet, Brown  hasn’t produced or lived up to the hype at all. There’s no point in keeping such a busted player, I think we all know Domonic Brown’s limits now, he can’t do much. I would much rather see Aaron Alther gets the ABs, he’s young and he’s been swinging a pretty sweet stick lately, plus he’s showing more pop in his bat than Brown has since September of 2013.

I will always fondly remember hearing trade rumors of players the Phillies could of had but chose to keep Brown instead, plays like Justin Upton, Jose Bautista, Gio Gonzalez, and hell, I’ve even heard rumors that the Marlins were willing to trade Giancarlo Stanton. Whether any of these trade rumors actually carry any weight is neither here nor there, the point is the Phillies probably could of brought in some serious talent, but instead chose to ride with Domonic Brown.

The Phillies have yet to divulge any news on how they plan handle Brown’s current situation, but if it is really over, I think its safe to say that Domonic Brown has left a huge brown stain on Phillies history.