AT THE MIDWAY point, these Phillies are historically bad, 100-loss bad.
So much would have had to have gone right for them to approach the respectability of even 80 wins that a .500 season almost defied possibility. Still, 100 losses are a lot different from even 90, or 95.
This isn't a baseball team, it's a reality TV show.
One with a really bad script.
It starts with the producers.
Their front office is leaderless; the manager defected; and the clubhouse is poised for deadline destruction by July 31.
This is beyond bizarre.