On one side at steamy Citizens Bank Park, you had Max Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner building a nice resume for a fourth that would pretty much seal his place as a future Hall of Famer. On the other side, you had Aaron Nola, a 25-year-old Louisianian who has forced his way into this year's Cy Young Award conversation.
Knowing all that, it was impossible to describe the ballpark in South Philly as anything other than half empty Tuesday night during the Phillies' latest jarring fall-from-ahead loss to the Washington Nationals. The attendance of 21,083 in a ballpark that used to draw more than 40,000 every time it opened its gates was an absolute embarrassment.