On June 16, the Phillies splattered against what many considered to be rock bottom. In a game in which the Orioles scored in every inning but the eighth, the Phillies lost 19-3, leading to one of the sport's most hotly sought novelties: a position player pitching.
In the seventh inning, following an eye-gougingly poor start by Jerome Williams and a mop-up session from Dustin McGowan that caused many fans to consider gouging out their only remaining eye, things were clearly not going to get better. With little recourse, Ryne Sandberg had his fourth outfielder head to the bullpen.