By Phil Sheridan Inquirer Sports Columnist ALLENTOWN - Welcome to the strangest minor-league rehabilitation assignment in recent memory. That's what this is for Brett Myers, after all. It's as if the Phillies got an MRI of his psyche, saw a second-degree strain in his S.C. (self-confidence) ligament, and sent him to triple A to pitch his way back into shape. The shoulder bone, in this case, is connected directly to the head bone. "My head's fine," Myers said last night after going five innings for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. "It feels good right now, after pitching tonight. I just need to get the fun back in the game. I had it taken away from me because I was getting beat up so much." Last year, the Phillies gave Ryan Howard a similar mental vacation. A tender hamstring gave Howard a good cover story. Myers doesn't have that...
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