PHILADELPHIA—Chase Utley bristled at the repeated questions, Jimmy Rollins shooed away anyone who tried to ask.

Can’t blame Ryan Howard and the Philadelphia Phillies for wanting to forget their playoff flop against the Colorado Rockies last year.

“What happened is in the past,” center fielder Shane Victorino said Tuesday. “We’re over it. It’s behind us. We have unfinished business.”

The NL East champions expect to go farther this year. The wild-card Milwaukee Brewers stand in their way.

Game 1 is Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, with ac...

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