I don’t like seeing my teams lose. None of us does. There’s only so much silver lining you can scrape off of a week of listless beatdowns at the butt end of two-month tailspin.
But that’s not what this piece is about. This is about realizing what we’ve been watching lately - the club masquerading around various ballparks as the “Phillies” - is no harbinger for doom in 2019, nor is it really even a fair representation of what this team will look like next March. And there’s no reason to call for the Middletons & Co.