The professional baseball franchise of Philadelphia has just concluded yet another lamentable season - you may have noticed - and now slinks off stage and into winter hibernation, dragging behind them a number most foul:
99.
That is the number of defeats rung up by the Fightin’s.
99.
They felt it worth mentioning that they managed to avoid triple digits.
99.
When you’re this desperate, you take your wins where you can find them.
99.
The Phillies have the winter to ruminate and regret, and from afar track the fortunes of their brethren, the other three professional franchises in town.