The Phillies rebuild is so far a failure as their first attempt to make the post season since the restructuring began falls woefully short.
The Phillies entered the game tonight with their playoff hopes hanging by a thread; a sign not that the Phillies have been better than expected, but that the baseball season is far, far too long.
David Buchanan would take the mound to face the Braves, a team that was praised for their deft trades and rebuilding moves earlier in the season while the Phillies became the league's most festering word-toilet for not trading Cole Hamels for a sack of Red Sox farts.