In an otherwise lovely start to the 2018 season, the Phillies have been battered by the Atlanta Braves. The most recent pounding took place Sunday afternoon following the Phillie Phanatic’s birthday celebration at Citizens Bank Park.
Shortly after the dog-and-kiddie show was escorted off the field, the Braves put up six runs in the first three innings in what became a painfully long 10-1 loss for the Phillies. Hopefully the parents covered the children’s eyes once the baseball started. Some parents might have done even more than that, because the crowd of 31,010 had thinned considerably by the time former Phillies prospect Jesse Biddle recorded the final out for the Braves, bringing the chilly 3-hour, 26-minute snore-a-thon to a conclusion.