“A loss is a loss, no matter how bad it is.” Those words echoed from Phillies radio color analyst Larry Andersen in the bottom of the eighth inning in Sunday’s demoralizing and now-somewhat-routine blowout loss, this time an 8-1 defeat at the hands of the NL-best Chicago Cubs.
Alright, bad loss today. But, at what point does it become concerning to say such a thing so often?
The Phillies now possess a record of 72-64 and sit 3.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the division, who play at the time of writing this.