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Rob Thomson isn’t the type of manager who allows himself to look too far ahead. In his world it’s this game, this inning. Staying in the moment, he says, is often how he is.

So, it was a little surprising Sunday, as he talked to the media in the Phillies dugout a couple of hours before his team faced the Minnesota Twins in the regular season finale, that he allowed himself to ponder on a situation that could not even happen, or at least be some time away.

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The subject was Kyle Schwarber, who will be a free agent after this season, and how Thomson may see this club without their designated hitter.

“It’s difficult,” said Thomson of imagining that possible future. “Especially not only t

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