The Philadelphia Phillies were able to get a little bit of a spark with the firing of their manager, Rob Thomson, but they got a reality check on Saturday night.  Following a (9-19) start to the season, the Phillies understandably fired their manager in hopes of trying to turn the year around. While Thomson was able to win a lot of games for Philadelphia, the team disappointed in the last two seasons in the playoffs, and a slow start to the campaign led to him being fired.  Replacing Thomson was Don Mattingly from the staff , and the veteran coach has been tasked with trying to salvage the year. Fortunately, there is a lot of time to be able to achieve that goal, and things got off to an encouraging start.  In their first series since the firing of Thomson, the Phillies were able to sweep the San Francisco Giants. The three wins included two walk-off wins in a doubleheader , and it appeared like Philadelphia was building some momentum.…